legislation
Labor’s problem: Overcoming Mitch McConnell’s blockade
August 14, 2019McConnell, the Republican from Kentucky, has decreed that virtually every piece of legislation the House has sent or will send is (a) “Socialist” and (b) dead on arrival.
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Bill to save multi-employer pensions not enough for sick miners
July 26, 2019“Working men and women whose retirement income security is at risk have not forgotten the 2008 record-setting federal rescue of Wall Street. Multiemployer pension plan participants and retirees are no less worthy than the financial services...
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Prominent Dems introduce anti-forced arbitration bill
May 29, 2019“Workers should not be coerced into signing away their rights as a condition of their employment."
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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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