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Labor backs two major actions aimed at restoring American democracy
March 14, 2016The AFL-CIO's executive council has endorsed two coming April actions aimed at wresting control over the nation's elections from corporations and billionaires.
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Presidential hopefuls on so-called ‘free trade’ pacts
March 14, 2016Defeating anti-worker trade pacts is a key plank in organized labor's Raise The Wage campaign: Labor is not against trade but it's against unfair trade the pacts create.
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The case against Uber
March 7, 2016Many people are beginning to question, and think twice, about safety concerns with Uber.
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Iranian union leader talks sanctions, war, and struggle
March 7, 2016He talks about the challenges and struggles of Iranian workers and the likely effects of the nuclear deal on the economy.
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Nation’s top labor leader calls Trump an “anti-American bigot”
March 3, 2016AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka challenged Donald Trump's appeal to working class voters.
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