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Bernie Sanders introduces major labor law reform bill

October 7, 2015 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The bill allows workers to unionize through a simple majority card-check vote and ensures that companies can't stop a union from forming by denying a first contract.

Trumka on opposing Pacific Trade Pact: “It’s not just us”

October 7, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Trumka says a wide-ranging coalition has already formed and is growing, to stop the scheme.

California governor signs doctor-assisted death bill for terminal patients

October 7, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

California will now join Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and Montana in allowing physicians to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients.

Right-wing scheme to shut down government may flop

September 28, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Although right-wing Republicans are still scheming to shut down the federal government, at the moment their efforts seem to be faltering.

Unions lobby lawmakers to prevent government shutdown

September 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

With another government shutdown looming, federal workers' unions are advising their members on how to cope with a sudden halt to their paychecks.