Labor
Calif. essential workers and supporters call for extended COVID-related sick leave
February 26, 2021Both federal and California emergency paid sick leave mandates on employers expired Dec. 31, 2020.
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Virginia comes out to support Alabama Amazon workers
February 25, 2021Supporters of the Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., came out to show some solidarity on Feb. 20.
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Labor and allies pressure Congress to pass American Rescue Plan
February 24, 2021The Biden package is designed to give a “knockout blow” to the pandemic and its gruesome health, economic, and social impacts.
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Corporations, lawmakers collude in new multi-state ‘right to work’ offensive
February 23, 2021The union bond is so powerful that corporate interests and their allies across the country desperately want to smash it.
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Trailblazing former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis dies at 68
February 19, 2021She was a trailblazer in the teachers-community combination. Lewis wasn’t afraid to speak truth to power. The union leader mobilized the city to support kids, adding massive parent backing to her union’s 35,000-plus members.
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