unions
Bringing empty shoes to honor the dead, nurses descend on Capitol
July 22, 2020As pandemic worsens across America they lobby for protective gear and launch new push for unionizing more of their heroic colleagues.
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Hong Kong labor movement a target for U.S. manipulation and division
July 20, 2020Formed over 70 years ago out of struggle with British colonialism, Hong Kong's largest trade union federation has been targeted by anti-China rioters, its leader Alice Mak says.
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Tens of thousands walk off job in ‘Strike for Black Lives’
July 20, 2020Strikers are demanding sweeping action by corporations and government to confront systemic racism and economic inequality.
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To labor cheers, Virginia OKs emergency anti-coronavirus safety standard
July 17, 2020And if the firms don’t obey, they’ll get hit in the pocketbook. The maximum Virginia fine will be $130,000 and there are no restrictions—including no restrictions on who is covered.
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Biden: Clean energy ‘must provide an opportunity to join a union’
July 17, 2020“Democrats will empower and stand with workers and communities who have put their health and lives on the line and who have been impacted by the changing energy market."
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