Labor
Teachers on re-opening schools: “Not without protecting kids”
July 10, 2020When the issue comes down to reopening the nation’s schools as the coronavirus plague continues, GOP President Donald Trump says “yes,” but leaders of teachers unions say “no."
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Retired Steelworker leader Jones backs Biden but wishes it was Bernie
July 10, 2020Chuck Jones, the retired Steelworkers Local 1999 president who became famous for debunking then-President-elect Donald Trump’s lies about the Carrier plant closure outside Indianapolis almost four years ago, is going to vote for Joe Biden.
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Farm Aid stands with meatpacking workers for COVID-19 protection
July 10, 2020Nearly 40,000 food workers have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas arrested, raising USMCA enforcement doubts
July 6, 2020Prieto Terrazas led protests for better pay and coronavirus safety measures at plants. At the behest of factory owners, prosecutors sent police to arrest her.
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