Labor
GOP fiddles as jobless cavalcade continues and pandemic rages
August 6, 2020In those seven days ending August 1, another 984,192 people sought state jobless benefits.
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NEA launches lobbying for $175 billion to aid schools
August 5, 2020And they’re also making the point the issue is in the hands of lawmakers, particularly senators’ hands. That’s because GOP President Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn.
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Threat of strike forces Chicago to cancel school re-opening plan
August 5, 2020Nation's third largest school district announced that to protect against coronavirus it will reopen with remote learning only.
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Nurses to hit the streets, again, for protective coronavirus gear
August 4, 2020The demonstrations will be at 200 hospitals, half of them inside and half outside, from coast to coast.
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Two more NLRB rulings curb worker rights
August 4, 2020The two recent rulings are part of a continuing pattern by the Trump-named NLRB members, led by chairman John Ring, who made a name for himself as a right-wing GOP congressional aide drafting mean and nasty...
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