Labor
Nurses to hit the streets, again, for protective coronavirus gear
August 4, 2020The demonstrations will be at 200 hospitals, half of them inside and half outside, from coast to coast.
Read moreTwo more NLRB rulings curb worker rights
August 4, 2020The two recent rulings are part of a continuing pattern by the Trump-named NLRB members, led by chairman John Ring, who made a name for himself as a right-wing GOP congressional aide drafting mean and nasty...
Read moreNew Poor People’s Campaign to McConnell: Pass the Heroes Act
August 4, 2020WASHINGTON - Taking their protests right to the key source of the problem, the New Poor People’s Campaign flooded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office with calls on August 3, demanding he let lawmakers pass the...
Read moreOregon hospital workers lose their union over one smudged ballot
August 3, 2020PORTLAND, Ore.--Back in February 2019, we reported on a razor-thin union election in which over 800 hospital support workers at Providence Portland Medical Center won a union by just one vote. Now we have to update...
Read moreTransportation unions demand Trump’s DOT mandate masks
July 31, 2020The penalty if the patrons don’t: They get booted off the subway, bus, commuter rail car or plane, immediately.
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