Labor
Trumka in Ohio: Fix trade pact
June 25, 2019“If the candidates don’t stand with us on both measures, just walk away and support someone who does.”
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Mercedes Martinez’s “homework assignment”: Keep Puerto Rico in mind
June 25, 2019“I want Puerto Rico to remain visible and for people to keep in mind the political situation we face."
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Shady contractors jailed in Bay area and on Long Island
June 20, 2019Wage theft and outright enslavement of immigrant workers were uncovered by the DOL at the Silvery Towers construction site in San Jose, Calif.
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Steelworkers organizer comes up with great anti-New NAFTA line
June 20, 2019“If ya can’t enforce it, why are ya gonna pass it?” she asks
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Democratic money bill halts Trump rollback of OSHA beryllium rule
June 19, 2019The bill, with spending for the Departments of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense and other agencies, is what’s called “a minibus,” where six individual spending bills were combined.
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