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Postal Workers extend bargaining, plan mass action Oct. 8
September 21, 2018The union “hopes Congress progresses with sensible postal reform” to improve Postal Service “finances instead of resorting to hack-and-burn privatization policies.”
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Illinois AFL-CIO gets candidates to back “contract with the middle class”
September 21, 2018The Illinois State AFL-CIO has drafted a “Contract with the Middle Class,” pledging support for specific workers’ rights issues.
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Steelworkers forced to authorize strike against ArcelorMittal
September 20, 2018Company takeback demands and labor law-breaking forced Steelworkers locals representing about 15,000 ArcelorMittal workers to authorize a strike.
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An immigrant woman takes charge of the United Farm Workers
September 20, 2018Women make up almost one-third of all agricultural laborers, but the presidents and most top leaders of the UFW have invariably been men.
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McDonald’s workers walk off the job in strike against sexual harassment
September 19, 2018"We were never prepared for this and shouldn’t have to experience it in the first place."
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