Labor
NLRB ruling could strengthen the power of strikes
September 29, 2016If the NLRB accepts a recommendation from its own general counsel, the right of workers to strike for better wages and conditions could be greatly strengthened.
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Unions announce nationwide boycott of Trump hotels
September 29, 2016"While Donald Trump wages an indefensible anti-worker and anti-immigrant presidential campaign, the workers at his Las Vegas hotel are fighting for dignity."
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Steelworkers push infrastructure issue in 2016 elections
September 29, 2016The USW has taken up the issue of rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure as their central issue in the national elections.
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Fighting for 15 at the presidential debate
September 28, 2016"It was important that hundreds of people representing $15 and a union came out and that there was a sense of hooking that issue into the Presidential campaign."
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Connecticut workers battle Chartwells, the college food service company
September 28, 2016Chants of "No Contract! No Peace!" spread throughout the campus last Saturday on a sunny fall afternoon.
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