Labor
Panelists suggest updates for nation’s basic minimum wage, overtime law
March 30, 2018The FLSA still has holes and needs some updating to include workers originally excluded because of race, panelists at a daylong seminar on the act said.
Read moreOklahoma teachers to strike Monday; say state’s pay offer “not enough”
March 29, 2018The state has pushed through a tax hike on oil, gas, and cigarettes to fund a teacher pay hike, but the union says it's not enough to stop a walkout.
Read moreA conversation with Leslie Smith, UFC fighter and union activist
March 28, 2018Project Spearhead: The UFC Fighters’ grassroots union organizing drive.
Read moreDemocrats better remember: Unions carried Pennsylvania’s 18th District
March 28, 2018Conor Lamb's victory wasn’t because of some stale advice whispered into his ear by an overpaid consultant, or because of super PACs or corporate donations. It certainly wasn’t thanks to the Democratic Party establishment.
Read moreTeachers’ unions strongly back gun control campaign; most other unions silent
March 27, 2018One exception: National Nurses United, which linked the violence against students and teachers to patient violence against nurses and caregivers.
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