Labor
Federal workers take to streets nationwide against Trump union-busting
July 26, 2018The protests, organized by AFGE, the largest federal union, were in conjunction with a federal court hearing on unions’ lawsuits seeking to declare Trump’s edicts illegal under labor law and unconstitutional under the Bill of Rights.
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Trump Labor Dept. lets union-busters loose again
July 25, 2018Union-busting has grown into an industry spending hundreds of millions of dollars.
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34,000 Verizon union workers to vote on new 4-year pact
July 24, 2018This time they weren’t forced to walk out for 49 days to get an agreement, unlike two years ago.
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Unions ask OSHA to protect workers as extreme heat spreads
July 23, 2018“We attended the funerals of too many California farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat,” says Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez.
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City workers in Salem, Oregon negotiate first post-Janus contract
July 20, 2018The city has been caught skirting the law on several occasions and the number of grievances being filed over simple issues has soared.
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