Labor
Teamsters presidential hopefuls spar in first debate
September 2, 2021Sean O’Brien and Steve Vairma sparred over a range of issues in the first of three debates between the men running to succeed 22-year incumbent Jim Hoffa.
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AFL-CIO lawyer warns of incoming fire from High Court majority
September 1, 2021Top federation counsel tells Biden administration probers that it is all but certain that anti-labor justices will continue to go after worker rights with a vengeance.
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Unionists tell Shuler, Walsh of company anti-union hate during organizing drives
August 31, 2021Company hate is all the more reason for Congress to pass the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, the most wide-ranging pro-worker labor law reform bill since the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
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Ohio workers resist Cenovus non-union outsourcing of 3,000 oil refinery jobs
August 30, 2021The move to bring in non-union workers, mostly from Texas, has thousands of Lima residents who’ve been working at the plant for years, some for generations, asking what they’re supposed to do for work.
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Transit Union says Maryland bus driver’s murder emphasizes need to protect workers
August 27, 2021Isaac Caldwell, an ATU Local 1764 member and bus driver, is the third Baltimore transit worker shot to death in the past year.
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