Labor

Labor welcomes Biden inauguration; Some unions echo his unity theme
January 21, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
They celebrate the Biden-Harris inaugurations but no one is counting on real Republican cooperation on a people’s agenda.
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MLK conference strategizes on gaining power for people of color
January 20, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
AFL-CIO’s annual conference focuses not on losses over the past four years but on the path forward, a path led by women of color.
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Coronavirus causes 35% weekly hike in jobless claim applications
January 15, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Jobless crisis sharpens as depression resulting from virus-forced closures deepens.
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Biden’s pandemic aid bill to look like the Cares Act
January 14, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
The new Democratic aid package includes the main planks of the Cares Act killed by McConnell.
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Biden, AFL-CIO labor law agendas track each other
January 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg
Richard Trumka, president of the nation’s largest labor federation, is calling Joe Biden the most pro-worker president in decades.
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