unions
‘Strike for Black Lives’: Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions
July 9, 2020Service Employees International Union has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers, the Fight for $15 and a Union, the Poor People's Campaign, and others.
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Biden backs strikers at Bath Iron Works
June 29, 2020“The union has struggled and bargained over decades to make these safe, quality jobs that Maine workers can survive in over a long career and earn a decent living."
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Shortest season since 1878, union balks as Major League Baseball plans a 60-game slate
June 23, 2020Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal.
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ILWU shuts down West Coast ports to honor Juneteenth
June 22, 2020All the major ports from Vancouver, Canada to San Diego—were shut down for eight hours June 19 by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
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Latino groups, AFL-CIO hail Supreme Court’s pro-DACA decision
June 19, 2020“Trump’s 2017 decision to end DACA was cruel and wrong, and that injustice now has been undone—but only temporarily."
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