Labor
Unfriendly skies: United Airlines food workers want a union and safe passenger meals
May 24, 2018Strict time off requirements mean sick employees are effectively forced to stay on the job preparing passenger meals, even when they should be at home in bed. This is just one of a number of complaints...
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Trade, worker rights, retirement security top lobbying topics for Steelworkers
May 24, 2018The GOP Trump administration and the U.S. Supreme Court topped Steelworkers’ lobbying topics at their legislative conference in D.C. this week.
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Workers ready to shut down entire Vegas strip
May 24, 2018“We don’t want to go on strike, but we will if we have to.”
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Katie Jordan: A hero to the workers of Chicago
May 23, 2018If you ask any union organizer here in Chicago who Katie Jordan is they won’t hesitate to list her extensive resume of lifelong accomplishments.
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Shuler: AFL-CIO to use hi exec pay as a campaign issue
May 22, 2018The AFL-CIO will use the high ratios of CEO pay to worker pay as part of its economic message in the 2018 political campaign.
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