Labor
Republicans squabble over prevailing wage law
June 28, 2017“If all 25 states with prevailing wage laws today weakened or outright repealed their statutes, an additional 99,000 blue-collar construction workers would see their incomes fall below the poverty level," said the National Association of Building...
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Nurses’ union blasts Calif. lawmakers for dropping single payer health care bill
June 28, 2017The Golden State houses one of every eight people in the U.S., and the measure would have covered all of them.
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Trumka: Labor’s campaign against Trumpcare to continue as long as necessary
June 28, 2017Organized labor’s massive campaign against the Senate Republicans’ health care bill will continue through the congressional Independence Day recess and beyond.
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Beyond Canada 150: A history of struggle and solidarity
June 27, 2017There is a tradition in Canadian history more deserving of commemoration than the capitalist compromise reached 150 years ago: the radical tradition of struggling for social change.
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This week in history: East St. Louis rocked by race riot, 1917
June 26, 2017The East St. Louis riots (or massacres) of May and July 1917 were an outbreak of labor- and race-related violence that caused up to 200 deaths and extensive property damage.
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