Labor
AFGE leader calls GOP plan for federal workers a “spoils” system
July 22, 2016"The platform advocates such profound changes to the terms of government employment that it would bring to end the merit-based, apolitical civil service system."
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Trump hotel workers picket as boss gets GOP nomination
July 22, 2016The man who declares he'll "Make America great again!" refuses to make low-paid workers at the casino great.
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Unions can organize temps alongside permanent workers
July 21, 2016The ruling by the National Labor Relations Board means that employers can no longer use temps as a union avoidance tactic.
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NLRB judge rejects union’s complaint about AT&T button ban, then allows the button
July 20, 2016The full NLRB itself ruled last year the banned button did not break labor law.
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GOP platform backs national right to work law, hits federal workers
July 20, 2016To nobody's surprise, the Republican Party platform, adopted at its convention in Cleveland, backs a national so-called "right to work" law and slams workers.
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