worker rights
Workers mobilize vs. GOP budgets’ pension, pay cut schemes
March 24, 2015Members of federal workers and postal employee unions mobilized against Republican budget schemes that would - again - cut their pay.
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W. Va. GOP legislature passes, Dem. governor signs anti-worker bill
March 24, 2015"Today marks the first time in West Virginia history that our state officially reduced safety standards for coal miners."
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Illinois union coalition battles Rauner fair share fee ban in state courts
March 24, 2015Rauner intends to hurt "the men and women who do the real work of state government."
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Young Workers Summit feels the jolt of young labor activism
March 23, 2015"America is begging for change on a grand scale; the kind of change that, quite frankly, has always been led by young people."
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The GOP wants pay cuts for hard workers
March 19, 2015Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation last week to lower the wages of Wisconsin's middle class workers.
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