Labor
McConnell writes off the almost 1.7M more jobless workers forced to seek benefits
September 11, 2020GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocks any meaningful aid to a nation suffering under the pandemic.
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Flight Attendants warn layoffs could end any hope of economic recovery
September 10, 2020Massive layoffs the airlines plan at the end of this month could also result in more pandemic deaths, they say.
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Biden to workers: ‘Wall Street didn’t build this country. You did.’
September 8, 2020Also on Labor Day, Democratic V.P. candidate Kamala Harris meets with Wisconsin workers and family of Jacob Blake.
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Harvard law experts: Coronavirus presents dangers, opportunities for new worker power
September 8, 2020While traditional labor organizing is extremely difficult, inclusion of more-essential-than-ever workers can help grow the labor movement.
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By a thousand cuts, Trump trying to exterminate unions
September 4, 2020Even as the coronavirus pandemic makes them more urgent, Trump is dismantling protection on the job by weakening the NLRB.
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