Labor
House panel OKs pro-worker bills
March 26, 2021One measure would sharply reduce workplace violence.
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Almost 19m workers got jobless benefits through early March
March 25, 2021Two million more applied for the aid since then.
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Equal Pay Day used to push legislation against pay discrimination
March 25, 2021Calls go out for wide-ranging and hard-hitting laws to halt the paying of inferior wages to the nation’s women.
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Rev. Barber to Alabama union backers: ‘Bessemer is the new Selma’
March 24, 2021Civil rights leader brings the Poor People’s Campaign to a mass rally for unionizing 5,805 workers at Amazon’s giant shipping warehouse.
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Senate OKs Laborers member, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as Biden’s Labor Secretary
March 23, 2021The vote was 68-29 with all the “no” votes coming from Republicans.
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