Labor
Coronavirus hits labor movement: Union numbers down, density up
January 22, 2021Galloping spread of coronavirus took its toll in unions in 2020.
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Labor welcomes Biden inauguration; Some unions echo his unity theme
January 21, 2021They celebrate the Biden-Harris inaugurations but no one is counting on real Republican cooperation on a people’s agenda.
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MLK conference strategizes on gaining power for people of color
January 20, 2021AFL-CIO’s annual conference focuses not on losses over the past four years but on the path forward, a path led by women of color.
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Coronavirus causes 35% weekly hike in jobless claim applications
January 15, 2021Jobless crisis sharpens as depression resulting from virus-forced closures deepens.
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Biden’s pandemic aid bill to look like the Cares Act
January 14, 2021The new Democratic aid package includes the main planks of the Cares Act killed by McConnell.
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