worker rights
Volkswagen gets NLRB to delay UAW organizing drive at Chattanooga
May 15, 2019“Chattanooga workers have a simple message to the politicians and political appointees in Washington D.C. and the Volkswagen corporate brass – Let us vote!”
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Trumka: Democratic House ‘has stood on the side of workers’
April 24, 2019The new Democratic-run U.S. House “has stood on the side of workers” on many issues, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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Air Wisconsin flight attendants could starve on $15k annual wages
April 9, 2019Despite their important safety responsibilities, Air Wisconsin flight attendants report starvation wages as low as $15,000 a year.
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Sanders again proposes banning right-to-work laws
April 9, 2019At a Machinist’s women’s conference in Las Vegas he proposed the most significant labor legislation in generations.
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Wisconsin, Michigan grad students occupy buildings as UIC strike continues
April 5, 2019This week, graduate employees from the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University occupied buildings to declare fees imposed on them by their employer as a form of wage theft.
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