Labor
March Madness: Unionize the NCAA
March 22, 2019"Student-athletes" make billions for others while putting their own futures at risk.
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Miners’ black lung fund running dry after GOP cuts coal tax
March 20, 2019Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell have reaped huge contributions from the coal industry, and now they're suffocating miners, literally.
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Labor to oppose rush to enact ‘New NAFTA’
March 18, 2019Trump strong-armed Mexico and Canada into accepting the deal which lacks mechanisms to guarantee worker protections.
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AFL-CIO’s 2020 election strategy: Candidates must come to the workers
March 14, 2019With so many Democrats running for president, labor says, "Let them come to us."
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Flight attendants’ union: We may refuse to board Boeing 737 Max 8
March 13, 2019American Airlines told maintenance staff to "strike a balance between safety and productivity." Unions are telling the airline CEOs to do the right thing and "put people over profits.”
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