Labor
We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re union
June 28, 2019"You don't look like a union guy." It's a phrase that's been running through my mind all Pride month.
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Pro-worker Dems mistrust Trump, want worker rights written into ‘new NAFTA’
June 26, 2019"Go back to 1992-93, when NAFTA passed,” said Rep. Donald Norcross, D-N.J., an Electrical Worker. NAFTA proponents “promised we’d get more and better-paying jobs, but if you were a worker, you got royally screwed.
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Trumka in Ohio: Fix trade pact
June 25, 2019“If the candidates don’t stand with us on both measures, just walk away and support someone who does.”
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Mercedes Martinez’s “homework assignment”: Keep Puerto Rico in mind
June 25, 2019“I want Puerto Rico to remain visible and for people to keep in mind the political situation we face."
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Shady contractors jailed in Bay area and on Long Island
June 20, 2019Wage theft and outright enslavement of immigrant workers were uncovered by the DOL at the Silvery Towers construction site in San Jose, Calif.
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