Labor
Move to exempt minor-league ball players from minimum wage law
July 6, 2016Maybe it's time for the minor league players to unionize, too.
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Billionaire Trump claims steelworker status
July 6, 2016"Donald Trump stomped into my backyard just days before July 4 and claimed to be a steelworker."
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Clevelanders meet to save the postal service
June 30, 2016Opposing a right-wing, big business privatization drive, 100 union and community activists took part in a field hearing to save the publicly-run United States Postal Service.
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Democratic Party platform panel waffles on trade and health care
June 30, 2016Michael Smith had a message for the Democratic Party - stand up for workers who have lost jobs to so-called "free trade" pacts.
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Broad coalition wins Oakland ban on coal
June 29, 2016The City Council voted to ban a coal train that would wind through Oakland neighborhoods, creating a health and safety hazard.
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