Labor
Infrastructure deal: ‘Concrete’ projects in, ‘human infrastructure’ not yet
June 25, 2021Retro-fitting schools, Green New Deal, child care, and paid family and medical leave have to wait for a reconciliation piece.
Read moreTrumka: High Court ruling threatens farm workers’ right to organize
June 25, 2021President of the nation’s largest labor federation notes, however, that the decision of the judges could have been worse
Read moreTeamsters convention votes to organize Amazon
June 25, 2021Powerful union calls Amazon an “existential threat” to all workers nationally.
Read moreDave Schmitz, 66; Giant of the Pacific Northwest labor movement
June 23, 2021He built his union local into one of the largest and most influential in the UFCW.
Read moreRepublican filibuster is only the beginning of epic voting rights battle
June 22, 2021Voter uprising against GOP intensifies as the party of “no” refuses to even debate the biggest civil rights bill of our era.
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