Labor
Fake “flexibility” bill would allow employers to deprive workers of overtime pay
April 26, 2017Bosses would force workers into taking comp time at the boss’ discretion in what Economic Policy Institute Vice President and economist Ross Eisenbrey calls “an interest-free loan from workers to corporations” and “a total fraud”.
Read moreUNITE HERE and SEIU: More than 300,000 workers may walk May 1
April 25, 2017They are taking to the streets with “hundreds of thousands of workers, immigrants and allies."
Read moreRed Cross blood workers choose Teamsters
April 25, 2017Mobile and fixed site units now have strong representation.
Read moreToday in eco-history: Dirty coal killed 45 Virginians
April 24, 2017In the early morning hours of April 24, 1938, 25 more bodies were carried out of the Red Jacket Mine in Keen Mountain, Virginia, then down the mountain and into an identification center that was set...
Read moreTrump gives away government jobs, enriches corporations
April 21, 2017“Shifting government work to profiteers is the opposite of government accountability or fiscal prudence.”
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