Labor
AFL-CIO’s Trumka: “We will fully oppose repeal of the ACA”
March 8, 2017GOP healthcare plan gives handouts to “wealthy GOP donors.”
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Missouri activists fight effort to block St. Louis’ minimum wage increase
March 7, 2017About 50 Show Me $15 (the Missouri chapter of Fight for $15) activists and supporters gathered to testify Monday against Republican-backed bills that would block cities from increasing the minimum wage.
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Workers’ rights as human rights: The Solidarity Center, the UN, and the ITUC
March 7, 2017Globalization has not benefited most of the world’s workers, says panelist Raquel Gonzalez, director of ITUC’s Geneva office.
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Songs, poems, speeches and sewing honor 100 years of L.A. garment work
March 6, 2017To mark International Working Women’s Day/Día international de la mujer trabajadora, the UCLA Labor Center, pairing with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, sponsored an uplifting afternoon at the Labor Center’s building across from downtown’s MacArthur...
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GOP House takes another step to gut workers’ protections
March 3, 2017"Corporate interests gave GOP candidates a billion dollars and are now getting what they paid for."
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