Labor
Farmworkers rise up against Trump and labor exploitation
August 12, 2019Washington State today is ground zero in the effort to hold back the massive use of agricultural guest workers by U.S. growers.
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After El Paso massacre, California Walmart workers walk out over gun sales
August 9, 2019"Of all the gun tragedies, this hit the closest to home for a lot of us," Marshall told news media reps. "I felt like I had to do something or else I would really be complicit...
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Public service unions still strong a year after Janus
August 6, 2019Some labor-friendly states enacted laws last year to protect membership rolls while unions redoubled their recruitment efforts.
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El Paso overtakes Democrats’ pro-worker stands at AFSCME forum
August 5, 2019The mass murder of 20 people in El Paso, with another 26 wounded, overshadowed Democratic presidential hopefuls’ pro-worker stands at a special AFSCME forum.
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Unpaid Harlan County miners sitting in and blocking coal trains
August 2, 2019Never piss off a coal miner, especially if you haven’t paid him for weeks – and then try to ship the last load of coal he dug out of the mountains out of town.
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