unions
Workers, AFL-CIO, Democrats open legislative push for $15 minimum wage
February 8, 2019Workers descended on Capitol Hill to tell lawmakers to raise the wage. Democrats liked what they heard; Republicans didn’t.
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100 years after Seattle 1919: Is the general strike making a comeback?
February 7, 2019The General Strike, a worker weapon that struck fear into corporate chieftains and their political cronies a century ago is getting a fresh look.
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Union leader Shearon on shutdown: No private sector bosses as bad as Trump
February 6, 2019Shearon, whose union represents both public and private sector workers – including thousands of federal immigration judges and tens of thousands of Boeing aerospace workers – produced a pungent comparison between Trump’s lockout and lockouts launched...
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“Part of their soul was missing”: Scottish steelworkers lost more than jobs
February 5, 2019Statistics never capture the emotional narratives of deindustrialization.
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Trump-named Labor Board boosts ‘independent contractor’ dodge
January 30, 2019This is bad news for millions of workers, union and non-union.
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