unions
AFL-CIO launches new health care ad campaign
June 23, 2017“The rushed, backroom dealings on the future of health care have real impacts on the lives of working families."
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Uprising underway against Senate plan to take healthcare from millions
June 22, 2017Public support has grown for a simple single payer Medicare for All plan based on the idea that healthcare is a right, not a privilege.
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With Washington state govt. shutdown looming, unions pressure lawmakers to solve budget impasse
June 22, 201799 percent of Washington state workers earn below-market rates.
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Nonmajority union organizing can continue; Supreme Court rejects Macy’s complaint
June 21, 2017The Court issued an unsigned rejection of Macy’s challenge to successful union organizing among fragrances and cosmetics workers at its Saugus, Mass., store.
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Marc Blitzstein, “The Cradle Will Rock” and gay pride
June 16, 2017American composer Marc Blitzstein’s “play in music” The Cradle Will Rock takes place in Steeltown, U.S.A., on the night of a union drive.
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