Labor
Judge trumps Trump’s line speedup at pork plants
April 7, 2021In a big victory for pork plant workers, the judge stops line speedup allowed by the Trump administration.
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Official jobless rate down but reality a lot worse
April 5, 2021We’re still below where we were at the start of the pandemic and for African Americana men it is really bad.
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AFL-CIO plans National Day of Action April 8 for Pro Act
April 2, 2021Workers nationwide to lobby senators to pass the most significant overhaul of U.S. labor law since the New Deal.
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Report: NLRB field staff shrank by one-third in last decade
April 2, 2021The agency responsible for protecting workers from bosses who break labor law was essentially gutted.
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Big changes needed to bring kicked-out women back to work
April 1, 2021Special measures needed to restore jobs women lost to the coronavirus.
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