Labor
No raise in four years, eviction after two: Sinai postdocs unionize with UAW
June 28, 202289.5 percent of the postdocs, who conduct a huge amount of the medical research at Sinai, voted union.
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Teachers union leader: School gun violence fear leads kids to write their wills
June 23, 2022NEA President Becky Pringle says the nation must break the cycle of shootings via strong gun controls. And she doesn’t mean pistol-packing teachers in classrooms, either.
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Railroad bosses’ profit-making tactics lower safety standards, raise dangers
June 23, 2022Negotiations between the unions representing the nation’s freight rail workers and railroad bosses have broken down.
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Organizer’s notebook: Indianapolis social workers decide to go union
June 21, 2022Low pay and poor benefits are driving high turnover at the Step-Up agency. Workers there have had enough and are organizing a union.
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Worker-led CORE Union takes a bite out of Apple with Maryland win
June 21, 2022The 65-33 margin among the 110 eligible voters at the Towson store, in the northern Baltimore suburbs, makes those workers the first at Apple to go union.
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