Labor
Union leaders back vote by mail
May 18, 2020Top union leaders, marshaled by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, are backing the $3.6 billion in the House Democrats’ stimulus bill to pay states to establish vote-by-mail systems.
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How a teenager in the ’60s South became a Communist
May 15, 2020Scott Marshall tells how the Civil Rights Movement motivated him to spend his life fighting for the right of every worker to either a job or an income.
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GOP Senate to hold stimulus hostage; demands coronavirus lawsuit immunity for bosses
May 5, 2020A wide range of groups, including the AFL-CIO, have formed a “COVID Coalition” to oppose McConnell's push to let business off the hook.
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May Day photo essay: The Faces of Labor
April 30, 2020These are the faces of American workers - on the job in the middle of a health crisis.
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‘Economic remedy for a post-pandemic economy: Unions.’
April 27, 2020A cartoon from Greg Kearney.
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