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Unions to Supreme Court: Ban all employers’ discrimination against LGBTQ people
October 7, 2019The nation’s largest unions and the nation’s largest labor federation are backing a ban on employer discrimination against lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender people.
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Santa Clara county public workers strike for community welfare
October 7, 2019“It really takes moral courage to give up pay and be out here on the picket line, not just in support of yourselves and your families, but in support of the whole community.”
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Death by overwork: Building trades union demands safety inspections at Tokyo Olympics
October 7, 2019A typical management response found in all workplaces and sectors: “Our internal investigation, which we performed, found we did nothing wrong.”
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Low pay, lack of respect force janitors to march, maybe strike
October 4, 2019They will be forced to strike, said their union, Service Employees 32BJ, unless building owners come to their senses and bargain a new and better contract.
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Nurses’ Medicare For All campaign picks up key lawmakers
October 3, 2019National Nurses United’s long-running campaign to garner congressional support for Medicare For All has won several key lawmakers to the cause.
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