Labor
Connecticut low wage workers testify for $15 an hour
July 23, 2016"I have seen firsthand over the decades the erosion of the middle class in my hometown of Bridgeport, as the income gap has widened more deeply here than almost anywhere else."
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AFGE leader calls GOP plan for federal workers a “spoils” system
July 22, 2016"The platform advocates such profound changes to the terms of government employment that it would bring to end the merit-based, apolitical civil service system."
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Trump hotel workers picket as boss gets GOP nomination
July 22, 2016The man who declares he'll "Make America great again!" refuses to make low-paid workers at the casino great.
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Unions can organize temps alongside permanent workers
July 21, 2016The ruling by the National Labor Relations Board means that employers can no longer use temps as a union avoidance tactic.
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Attempted Coup: We want neither the coup nor the one-man dictatorship!
July 21, 2016The defeat of the coup alone does not mean that Turkey has a democracy.
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