Labor
Trumka: Workers “not interested in a sliver of change”
August 30, 2019"The rich continue to hoard unprecedented money and power, while the people who build that wealth are working harder and longer, for less money, with less dignity."
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Labor movement fights leadership gender gap
August 30, 2019Female-led organizations have better track records of accomplishment, with less friction to boot. In corporations, the measures are profitability and employee satisfaction. In unions, the measures are organizing and bargaining successes.
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Uber and Lyft drivers demand their rights as employees
August 29, 2019Market Street, this city’s main thoroughfare, resounded with auto horns and chants Aug. 27, as a stream of cars bearing Uber and Lyft markers cruised slowly past Uber’s headquarters.
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FBI raids UAW president as workers authorize strikes against Detroit 3
August 29, 2019Some say Trump administration timed the action to weaken union’s hand in upcoming talks with the Detroit 3.
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CWA: 20,000 forced to strike due to AT&T refusal to bargain
August 27, 2019AT&T management’s labor law-breaking forced 20,000 Communications Workers members toiling for AT&T Southeast to strike at midnight on August 23.
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