Labor
Minneapolis joins growing list of $15 an hour cities
July 6, 2017Minneapolis is raising the minimum wage by popular demand and because its low-paid workers, many of them in fast food and retail, need it.
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Union reps push tough, enforceable labor standards for ‘New NAFTA’ at panel session
July 5, 2017The current NAFTA “has provided tremendous benefits to CEOs and wealthy corporations, but has not benefited working people.”
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Chris Christie sunbathes after fleecing New Jersey’s residents
July 5, 2017That budget shuffling and money grab endanger workers’ jobs and state residents’ insurance coverage.
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Nevada GOP governor vetoes mandatory 2-person freight train crews
June 30, 2017Unions introduced evidence of increased safety on freight trains to federal officials and Congress, pciting findings by a non-partisan investigation that the horrific fatal accident in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, could have been prevented had that freight had...
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Trump Labor Dept. yanks added beryllium exposure protections
June 30, 2017“The proposal to weaken standards that limit exposure to beryllium for shipyard and construction workers is a step backwards.”
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