Labor
This week in history: Farm worker leader Cesar Chavez’ 90th birthday
March 27, 2017"Chavez left a legacy as an educator, environmentalist, and a civil rights leader. And his cause lives on."SEP
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Trump’s Labor Secretary pick ducks most questions
March 23, 2017Senator tells Acosta, "If you can’t give answers, I don’t have confidence you can do the job."
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Remembering Mike Smith, postal worker and labor stalwart
March 23, 2017Till his last day, Mike Smith was 100 percent union. Doug, his son, called the union office the morning after his death. His words to me: “You guys were his life.”
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Teamsters fight back against ‘right-to-work’
March 22, 2017RTW laws decrease wages and benefits for both union and non-union workers alike.
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GOP kills measure for buying American steel, hiring American workers
March 22, 2017It’s a pipe dream for Trump followers to believe he has done anything concrete on his Buy American pledge.
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