unions
Seven things Cuban workers get that U.S. workers don’t
April 17, 2017Cuba enjoys a 98 percent union membership rate. (The U.S. rate of unionization among all workers is 11.3 percent.)
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War against workers rages in Midwest states
April 14, 2017The movement to fight back against anti-worker laws is getting stronger every day.
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We were ‘forceful’ with Trump, says building trades president
April 10, 2017“We go everywhere and anywhere … to advance the economic interests of our members … .”
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Yale graduate workers vote union
April 4, 2017For over a quarter-century these workers, now members of Local 33 Unite Here, have been organizing for the right to union representation and a voice at work.
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AFL-CIO condemns Trump’s “soft” approach to trade
April 4, 2017“This draft leaves standing the worst and most oppressive parts of NAFTA."
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