unions
Union leaders skeptical about Trump’s “New NAFTA” negotiating objectives
July 19, 2017Leaders of major industrial unions, and their allies in the war against job-losing so-called “free trade” treaties, reacted skeptically to Trump administration negotiating objectives for a “new NAFTA.”
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The great awakening of New England labor
July 18, 2017The outcome of these struggles heavily depends on labor’s ability to organize effective workplace and political action.
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Chicago Sun-Times bought by investor group, including unions
July 14, 2017“We are proud that we are able to keep Chicago as a two-paper town where the voices of working families will have an outlet through an independent paper like the Chicago Sun-Times."
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Trump labor board nominees duck tough questions
July 14, 2017Despite the performance at their July 13 confirmation hearing, the Senate will likely approve management-side labor lawyer William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan, a former GOP congressional staffer.
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Auto workers at Canton, Mississippi Nissan plant to hold union election
July 13, 2017If the UAW wins at Nissan, it would be a major step in the union’s long campaign to organize auto plants in the worker-hostile South.
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