unions
Unions praise Biden infrastructure plan, including Pro Act; McConnell pans it
April 1, 2021Biden rolls out a massive $2 trillion plan, biggest since the New Deal, that launches rebuilding of the nation. The plan provides living wages to workers in marginalized communities.
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Part II, PW special: Agency probe reveals OSHA hamstrung vs. virus
April 1, 2021Agency meant to protect endangered workers was forced to stand down and allow the virus to kill them.
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‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote could spark more union pushes
March 30, 2021What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could have major implications not just for the country’s second-largest employer but the labor movement at large.
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Worldwide, union leaders grapple with members backing right-wing ‘populists’
March 30, 2021They face a tough battle. Once elected, the so-called populists enact repressive, pro-corporate, and anti-worker laws.
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Rev. Barber to Alabama union backers: ‘Bessemer is the new Selma’
March 24, 2021Civil rights leader brings the Poor People’s Campaign to a mass rally for unionizing 5,805 workers at Amazon’s giant shipping warehouse.
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