unions
Calls to continue and intensify protests heard at People’s World labor town hall
May 9, 2025Participants say more union organizing, new tactics, including running workers for public office, and a possible march on Washington should be considered.
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Over union objections, House panel cuts deep into student loan dollar
May 8, 2025AFL-CIO and Democrats object to GOP plan but are brushed aside.
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UAW report exposes auto industry—90,000 union jobs left on table
May 7, 2025Companies could do massive job creation by better utilizing existing plants, union says.
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Machinists, 3,000 strong, strike Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut
May 6, 2025Hit picket lines because company refused to move on demands for security, pensions, and wages.
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Connecticut shipbuilders prepare to strike at midnight May 18
May 5, 2025On May Day a thousand workers dressed in their union’s red shirts rallied and held a practice picketing at the General Dynamics shipyard.
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