Labor
New rules require contractors to obey labor laws
May 29, 2015Rules will help prevent millions of workers from being subject to harmful or unlawful treatment, especially underpaid women.
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New NEA president Eskelsen Garcia brings verve, edge to union
May 28, 2015Teacher Lily Eskelsen Garcia has seen poverty's impact on her students, so for her, the issue is personal.
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Right-to-work loses in Illinois house, heads for Missouri veto
May 28, 2015In a rebuke to GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner's anti-worker agenda, the Democratic-run Illinois House voted his bill down.
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Germany: many strikes and a big scandal
May 28, 2015A locomotive engineers strike stopped freight cars and passenger traffic; meanwhile, Angela Davis visited Berlin and elsewhere in Germany.
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Head of L.A. Federation of Labor thrilled with $15 wage victory
May 28, 2015It's a great day for working Angelenos, as the LA city countil has voted to raise the minimum wage, in steps, to $15 an hour.
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