Labor
Get a shovel: Biden to roll back Trump ‘midnight rules’
January 12, 2021Democratic President Joe Biden promises to immediately undo the most recent—and some of the most egregious—damage perpetrated by his right-wing GOP predecessor, Donald Trump.
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Biden nominates Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Laborer, as Labor Secretary
January 8, 2021He will return control of the Department of Labor to a pro-union advocate.
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Korean workers say POSCO steel company guilty of manslaughter
January 8, 2021A pattern of fatal accidents at the global steel company will only be resolved when workers’ have the right to organize freely and participate in safety systems, says the Korean Metal Workers’ Union.
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Union leaders join in blaming Trump for insurrection, coup attempt
January 7, 2021Denunciations come as lawmakers demand the immediate removal of the president and discussions start on both invocation of the 25th Amendment and immediate impeachment.
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Google workers organize innovative new type of union with CWA
January 5, 2021Using innovations to attract their colleagues—everyone from software engineers to outside “contractors”—Google workers are organizing the high-tech behemoth.
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