Labor
Labor Board uses Atlanta case vs. independent contractor dodge
July 29, 2022NLRB seeks to narrow the path companies use to misclassify employees as independent contractors.
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Progressive push to curb war armaments crashes; pro-labor proposals win
July 20, 2022Unprecedented Pentagon spending spree wins backing of both Republicans and Dems in Congress.
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Revival of Bracero Program is the wrong path to take
July 7, 2022Workers are not dispensable items to throw away when they are used up.
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Anti-union Philadelphia Museum of Art bosses fire workers, eliminate pay—for years
June 17, 2022The majority of museum staff were making less than $50,000 a year, and 90% were making less than $15 an hour in a high-cost city, and now they’re hit, like other workers, by rising inflation.
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Teachers union leader Ingram: Conservatives play a long game; progressives don’t
June 15, 2022The right wing has been following a power-winning strategy since 1971. Progressives are still re-inventing the wheel every two years, says AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram.
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