Labor
PRO Act passes House, Senate Republicans plan to kill it
March 10, 2021Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., declared: “This bill seeks to empower workers who build our country—and who are being oppressed within this plantation capitalist system.”
Read moreRepublican governors rush to drop mask mandates, workers fear for safety
March 8, 2021Molly Brooks, 25, a barista at a Texas, coffee shop, said she has regularly dealt with customers who walked out or bullied her and her colleagues when they were asked to wear a mask.
Read moreMontana defeats ‘right to work’; W. Va. governor admits it’s failed his state
March 5, 2021The continuing drive by the corporate class and their right-wing GOP puppets to impose “right to work” around the U.S. is taking some hits.
Read morePRO Act, biggest labor law reform in decades, headed for House vote
March 5, 2021The bill would override right-to-work laws, make it easier to unionize, and penalize intimidation by bosses.
Read moreMyanmar military coup leaders target trade unions for destruction
March 4, 2021Police have issued arrest warrants for 20 union leaders, the majority from the Industrial Workers Federation of Myanmar.
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