Labor
AT&T workers protest tech job outsourcing
December 4, 2018Jobs are being outsourced to contractors in the Philippines and India who pay workers $2-3 an hour, a tenth of union wages in the U.S.
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Senators to Verizon subcontractor: End pregnancy discrimination
December 3, 2018Nine U.S. senators demanded that Verizon and the subcontractor that runs its Memphis warehouse, XPO Logistics, answer published details about unusually high levels of pregnancy discrimination there – and take definitive detailed steps to stop it.
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Hawaii hotel workers score major strike victory
November 30, 2018With a 99.6 percent ratification vote, Unite Here Local 5 Marriott Hotel workers ended their 51-day strike in Honolulu.
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Teamsters’ Dolan says ‘New NAFTA’ still has “holes”
November 29, 2018The Trump administration’s “New NAFTA” contains many pro-worker improvements, but still has some remaining holes in worker protections.
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Teamster jet fuelers at Sea-Tac Airport authorize strike
November 28, 2018"The workers that keep these planes in the air are the backbone of the industry and must be treated as such."
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