Labor
Minnesota mental health workers strike: ‘Those who provide care have no support’
October 17, 2022SEIU-represented health workers struck after bosses refused to negotiate a first contract.
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Newspaper giant Gannett’s sudden job, pension, and pay cuts outrage NewsGuild
October 14, 2022Publishers’ responses ad revenue losses have been to cut-cut-cut newsrooms to the bone while still paying themselves huge sums.
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Iran oil workers strike, say Ayatollah Khamenei is ‘done’
October 14, 2022More than 200 people are reported dead from police violence against protests.
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No art without art workers: Philly museum strike carries on
October 13, 2022180 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) curators, educators, archivists, and other art workers aren’t feeling the love from one of the nation’s oldest and most venerable art institutions.
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Biden Labor Dept. seeks to reverse Trump ‘independent contractor’ dodge
October 13, 2022The plan will make it tougher for firms to misclassify workers and rob them of the right to organize, jobless benefits, workers comp, and—unless they pay all the taxes themselves—Social Security and Medicare.
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