Labor
Wisconsin, Michigan grad students occupy buildings as UIC strike continues
April 5, 2019This week, graduate employees from the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University occupied buildings to declare fees imposed on them by their employer as a form of wage theft.
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Advocates use Pay Equity Day to lobby Senate for equality
April 4, 2019Advocates of equal pay for equal work used Pay Equity Day, April 2, to lobby the Senate to make pay equality for male and female workers a reality.
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Pelosi on new NAFTA: “No enforcement, no treaty”
April 3, 2019House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has dealt a big blow to GOP President Donald Trump’s hopes of quickly pushing his “new NAFTA” through Congress.
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Trumka warns lawmakers: Don’t vote for quickie ‘New NAFTA’
April 2, 2019Even a stronger Mexican labor law, but without enforcement in place, won’t satisfy U.S. workers, or the U.S. labor movement.
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Union officials to Congress: U.S. ‘free trade’ pacts trash U.S. workers
April 2, 2019"It shouldn’t take years to bring a case against a country that allows for the intimidation, harassment and murder of labor leaders."
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