Labor
AFGE’s members plan 38 anti-privatization rallies coast to coast to boost VA
June 24, 2016AFGE delegates vowed to fight for the agency: Serving the nation's veterans is "a sacred promise, a promise that will never be violated."
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Chicagoans win paid sick leave law
June 23, 2016A coalition of workers' rights and progressive groups pushed the ordinance through the council, over the usual business opposition.
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Week-long Minnesota nurses strike part of forced walkout in three states
June 22, 2016Hospital chains demand that its nurses virtually give up their health insurance; patient safety and quality of patient care are also top issues.
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France rising up against so-called labor law reform
June 22, 2016French government mandates weakening important labor law protections are a key factor in the waves of protests that have rocked the nation.
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Hospital workers in Vancouver, Wash. unionize to fight for their patients
June 22, 2016Even the doctors are part of the bargaining unit at this small hospital in the Pacific Northwest.
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