Labor
Court upholds federal minimum wage, overtime pay for home health care workers
August 28, 2015The workers hailed the judges' decision, saying it would bring them out of the low-paying shadows many now toil in.
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AFL-CIO backs legislation to curb execs’ revolving door to D.C.
August 27, 2015"Hard-working families can't afford to have the financial industry and government creating a cozy relationship that allows Wall Street to write its own rules."
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ATU: “A Common-Sense Bus Safety Proposal”
August 26, 2015Putting intercity bus drivers under federal overtime pay laws would raise their pay, lower their fatigue, and cut fatal bus crashes and deaths.
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Nevada unions to Trump: pay your hotel’s workers fair wages
August 24, 2015As far as Nevada's unions are concerned, Donald Trump should put his money where his mouth is.
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Today in labor history: United Farm Workers launch the lettuce boycott
August 24, 2015Forty-five years ago on this date, UFW Organizing Committee leader César Chávez called for a consumer boycott of lettuce.
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