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2017 in Headlines: For unions and workers, Trump dominates news
December 30, 2017Like it or not, and regardless of whether he tells the truth or covers-up or flat-out lies, the president of the United States – his words, his actions, his speeches, his tweets, his agenda, the reaction...
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California farm workers finally win 25-year-old Gerawan Farms case
December 8, 2017California’s gigantic peach and grape grower, Gerawan Farms, reached the end of its legal road last week at the state Supreme Court, when justices unanimously threw out its claim that the company was not bound by...
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Union leaders blast Janus case as effort to rig economy against workers
September 29, 2017WASHINGTON—Union leaders denounced the latest right-wing attempt to deprive workers and unions of money—via a Supreme Court case the justices have agreed to hear—as “a blatant attack to rig the economy against workers,” as Laborers President...
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CWA’s Shelton: “Corporate America going in for the kill” against unions
August 9, 2017The death of unions would be dire for the whole nation, Shelton warned. “Without unions, America would be little more than a fascist dictatorship” run by the bosses, the blunt Bronx native declared.
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Chicagoland IAM auto mechanics rev up solidarity engines
August 2, 2017Leaving their toolboxes inside, striking auto mechanics turned to other tools to rev the engines of solidarity outside scores of car dealerships lining Aurora and Ogden Avenues in this Chicago suburb August 1.
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