Labor
Nurses welcome veto of Keystone XL bill
February 25, 2015"The miniscule number of jobs it would create are far outweighed by the enormous damage that this project creates to our health and in accelerating the climate crisis."
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Speaking for millions, union leaders declare “it’s our turn”
February 25, 2015A group of the nation's top union leaders, looking dead serious, filed silently in and up to the front of the press room at the Westin Hotel in Atlanta.
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Wisconsin workers again battle Walker’s anti-labor steamroller
February 25, 2015Trashing promises to provide a fair hearing, the Republican leader of Wisconsin's state Senate labor committee rammed through a bill that would make union shops illegal.
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Union not surprised by flare-up at Whiting, Ind. BP plant
February 24, 2015"We refuse to accept that fires, explosions, and working people to exhaustion are just the cost of doing this business -- these are all things that we can control."
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Unions ride the wave of low-wage worker organizing
February 24, 2015Workers caught the nation's attention by saying "Enough is enough!" to low wages, lousy working conditions and lack of rights.
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