Labor
Trump individual income tax cut: $89 a day for the 1 percent; 11 cents a day for the poor
April 2, 2018The bottom 20 percent of taxpayers will get an average tax cut next year of $40 when they file their tax returns next year, covering 2018. They’re the folks making $20,000 or less.
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Government employees warn anti-union drive at Education Dept could spread
April 2, 2018“This administration won’t stop until every union has been busted and every union contract has been ripped up.”
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Panelists suggest updates for nation’s basic minimum wage, overtime law
March 30, 2018The FLSA still has holes and needs some updating to include workers originally excluded because of race, panelists at a daylong seminar on the act said.
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Oklahoma teachers to strike Monday; say state’s pay offer “not enough”
March 29, 2018The state has pushed through a tax hike on oil, gas, and cigarettes to fund a teacher pay hike, but the union says it's not enough to stop a walkout.
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A conversation with Leslie Smith, UFC fighter and union activist
March 28, 2018Project Spearhead: The UFC Fighters’ grassroots union organizing drive.
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