Labor
Biden at AFL-CIO convention: PRO Act is ‘Pro-American’
June 15, 2022Republican Senate filibusters, plus opposition from renegade Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, continue to halt Biden’s agenda.
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Teachers union leader Ingram: Conservatives play a long game; progressives don’t
June 15, 2022The right wing has been following a power-winning strategy since 1971. Progressives are still re-inventing the wheel every two years, says AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram.
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Amazon fires Staten Island organizer in what workers see as anti-union retaliation
June 14, 2022Pasquale "Pat" Cioffi, a worker and lead organizer with the Amazon Labor Union, was fired by Amazon from his job at the company’s JFK8 warehouse.
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AFL-CIO President Shuler’s goal: “More than one million new” unionists
June 13, 2022After her formal election at the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia Shuler announced a plan to recruit a million more union members.
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After long drive, AFA tries again to unionize 22K at Delta
June 10, 2022It’s an uphill battle at notoriously anti-union Delta Airlines.
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