Labor
Unions angered by Trump’s right wing extremist Cabinet picks
November 30, 2016Tom Price is a leader in the Republican campaign to repeal the ACA. Betsy DeVos is a big donor to the GOP known for pushing right wing causes in Michigan, including taxpayer-paid vouchers for private school students.
Read moreHundreds of Chicago airport workers join Fight for $15 action
November 30, 2016The Fight for $15 movement gained ground on Tuesday when hundreds of baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendants and other airport workers went on strike at O’Hare Airport.
Read moreNLRB stops U.S. Postal Service privatization scheme
November 23, 2016The NLRB has squelched an attempt by the U.S. Postal Service to privatize and contract out some of its services. NLRB Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas ruled that USPS must immediately end its partnership with Staples...
Read moreJudge gives unionbusters right to operate in secret
November 23, 2016Selection of rural Texas as the area to challenge an Obama administration regulation is no accident. The judges there are deeply conservative and cater to the business right wing and its allies. Judges in the area...
Read moreImmigrant communities brace for Trump
November 23, 2016“People here have to remember the power they’ve built on a local level and use it,” one immigrants’ rights activist says, “even in the face of a national defeat.”
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