Labor
With Washington state govt. shutdown looming, unions pressure lawmakers to solve budget impasse
June 22, 201799 percent of Washington state workers earn below-market rates.
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Healthcare protest portends “hell to pay” if Senate GOP bill passes
June 22, 2017"We will lie down on the railroad tracks to stop this,” promised Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
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Nonmajority union organizing can continue; Supreme Court rejects Macy’s complaint
June 21, 2017The Court issued an unsigned rejection of Macy’s challenge to successful union organizing among fragrances and cosmetics workers at its Saugus, Mass., store.
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ALEC continues churning out blueprints for right wing experiments
June 19, 2017ALEC is upping the ante in the Trump era.
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Chicago News Guild rebuffs attempt at print news monopoly
June 16, 2017“It is hard times for the media, the traditional media, but we do important work."
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