Labor
AFT members to drive presidential endorsement
March 29, 2019“We will work together to get to know the candidates and look for a leader who shares our values, has a likelihood of winning and is committed to helping all of us."
Read moreDem-run House passes pay equity over GOP, biz opposition
March 28, 2019With strong worker, labor and women’s groups’ support, the Democratic-run U.S. House voted March 27 to strengthen the 56-year-old U.S. pay equity law.
Read moreUber and Lyft drivers are employees, not contractors, new California bill says
March 28, 2019The proposal comes as both Uber and Lyft prepare to launch initial public offerings or IPOs, raising billions of dollars from Wall Street investors.
Read moreA worker’s story launches major labor law reform effort in Congress
March 27, 2019Every day Cynthia Harper went to work for two years, from early 2015 to early 2017, at the Fuyao Glass America plant in Moraine, Ohio, she wondered if she’d come home alive.
Read moreUnionists informationally picket Michelle Obama book tour event
March 26, 2019Live Nation, the promoter Michelle Obama hired, in turn hired a labor law-breaking backstage firm, Rhino Staging, for the former First Lady’s appearances in the Pacific Northwest, and she hasn’t spoken up. That led to an...
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