Labor
Nevada GOP governor vetoes mandatory 2-person freight train crews
June 30, 2017Unions introduced evidence of increased safety on freight trains to federal officials and Congress, pciting findings by a non-partisan investigation that the horrific fatal accident in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, could have been prevented had that freight had...
Read moreTrump Labor Dept. yanks added beryllium exposure protections
June 30, 2017“The proposal to weaken standards that limit exposure to beryllium for shipyard and construction workers is a step backwards.”
Read moreAfter nine years, arbitrators bounce AFL-CIO complaint on Guatemala labor conditions
June 30, 2017“This decision drives home the fact that U.S. trade deals do not protect workers. In truth, this failure is by design.”
Read moreTrump Labor Dept. takes first step toward yanking overtime pay rule
June 29, 2017In plain English, what the Labor Department wants OMB to do is to open the new rule up to corporate challenges.
Read moreIndigenous Oaxacan farm workers win themselves a union in the Pacific Northwest
June 28, 2017”That’s the priority-to raise our living standards. We know the contract will change our lives. Now, if we make a little more, our children will have other possibilities."
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