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Cleveland labor gears up for fights on multiple fronts

February 19, 2019 By Rick Nagin

Like bees preparing to swarm, delegates to the Feb. 13 AFL-CIO meeting in Cleveland gathered to plan actions to support workers rights.

Some government workers still unpaid, fear another shutdown

February 7, 2019 By Michelle R. Smith

Even as they scramble to catch up on unpaid bills, the prospect of another shutdown looms next week.

Trump-named Labor Board boosts ‘independent contractor’ dodge

January 30, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

This is bad news for millions of workers, union and non-union.

Sprint-T-Mobile merger an attack on people of color and the poor

January 30, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Imagine you’re a teenager in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, doing your homework on your phone…and then you can’t, because your mobile phone carrier pulled out.

Air traffic controllers: Shutdown left U.S. aviation system near collapse

January 29, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Describing President Trump’s actions as tantamount to “terrorism,” they say lives were in danger and it’s not over yet.