Labor
Loss at Boeing reflects unionbusting tactics, not Southern culture
February 21, 2017Boeing executives, eager to crush an effort at a plant they considered union-proof, spent millions to strand their employees without collective bargaining.
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University of California workers demand fair wages, retirement plan
February 17, 2017The union charges that the UC administration has engaged in unfair labor practices, including failure to bargain in good faith, stalling talks, interfering in workers’ rights to participate in union activities, and threatening retaliation for participating...
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Ohioans reject local and statewide right-to-work legislation
February 17, 2017Right-wingers at the state and local level in Ohio are pushing right-to-work legislation, but unions in the state are standing strong to block them.
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Trump’s labor secretary pick: Law-breaking boss out, conservative lawyer in
February 17, 2017“Working people changed the game on this nomination,” AFL-CIO Pres. Trumka said.
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House Democrats reintroduce bill to strengthen OSHA
February 16, 2017It went nowhere in the prior, Republican-run Congress, but House Democrats who are reintroducing their bill to strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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