Labor
People’s World story exposing VA privatization wins prestigious award
October 24, 2017"We need to tell this story right because the American working class values of fairness, generosity, and collective responsibility are being high-jacked by profit-seeking corporate forces."
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Building Trades leader: U.S. needs $4 trillion for infrastructure repairs
October 24, 2017The U.S. needs to spend $4 billion yearly for needed infrastructure repairs, the president of North America’s Building Trades Unions says.
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Organize the South! Arkansas workers make the case
October 24, 2017When the AFL-CIO decided not to take up a call for a Southern organizing strategy at its convention, it passed over an important opportunity.
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Have a little faith: Union leader preaches the “union gospel”
October 23, 2017Go out and tell the Good News that the labor movement is being reborn and revived.
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More union members needed in public office, says AFL-CIO
October 23, 2017“Take that fire to the floors of every government building in the country,” Mike Lewis, Missouri labor leader, told delegates.
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