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Unions: New Verizon pact gives raises, halts outsourcing, adds jobs
June 1, 2016Some 40,000 Verizon workers from Maine down through Virginia marched back to work today after a company-forced 45-day strike earned them victories.
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Covered Bridge potato chip strike ends in “tremendous victory”
May 27, 2016Outlasting the boss who said, "Screw you and your f*cking union," potato chip workers in New Brunswick just scored a major win.
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Thousands of Fight for $15 activists descend on McDonalds shareholder meeting
May 27, 2016The rally aimed to disrupt the burger giant's corporate proceedings with singing, chanting, and demands for $15 and a union.
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Maryland enacts tough equal pay law
May 26, 2016The new law protects poor women, women of color, and transgender individuals from discrimination.
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Missouri senate defeats “paycheck deception” bill
May 26, 2016The bill would have forced workers to "opt-in" to having their dues taken out of their paychecks--a scheme that weakens unions.
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