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Lawmakers to push worker safety bills, but timetable uncertain
April 4, 2019After breaking the GOP grip on the House lawmakers have held their first hearing in years on worker health and safety issues.
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AFL-CIO backs legislation that would power up American working families
March 13, 2019The Workers Freedom to Negotiate Act would make it much easier to organize a union and bargain with employers.
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Lawmakers ready to pass sweeping HR-1 reform bill
March 6, 2019House is about to pass the For the People Act, a major election, voting rights, and ethics law reform measure.
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Injured worker’s tale prods lawmakers to pass protective legislation
February 28, 2019Patricia Moon-Updike, a former Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division worker, has a horrifying tale to tell.
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Attack on nurse shows need for violence-against-workers bill
February 22, 2019"An important standard, one that could save thousands of our front-line health care workers from serious injury, has apparently been put on the back burner."
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