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Trump and DeVos education cuts “reckless and wrong”
May 18, 2017Education leaders speak out against the Trump administration plans to cut $10.6 billion from federal education initiatives.
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Retirees, unions oppose GOP health care bill
May 17, 2017AARP, the nation’s largest organization of retirees, is already sending out mailers and running broadcast, cable and radio ads against the GOP plan.
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“The Sweetheart Deal” recalls California farm workers’ struggle on two stages
May 16, 2017The year 1970, when the play is set, was a tumultuous time for the United Farm Workers, and for the nation.
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North Carolina voter suppression law is dead
May 16, 2017MaryBe McMillan, Secretary Treasurer of the North Carolina AFL-CIO, told People’s World that it was “a good day for voting rights.”
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OSHA drops “walkaround” privileges for union safety experts in non-union shops
May 15, 2017Before, workers “without a collective bargaining agreement” could designate “a person affiliated with a union or a community organization as their walkaround representative.” Now, they can’t.
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