Labor
AFL-CIO Vice President Gebre: What does it mean to be American?
August 30, 2016Tefere Gebre has been a proud union member for most of his life, valuing the freedom of people to come together in union.
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Yale graduate teachers petition NLRB for union recognition
August 30, 2016Gleeful graduate student workers at Yale University wasted no time in filing petitions with the NLRB for union certification following the long awaited decision to restore collective bargaining rights.
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Chicago teachers prepare for possible strike as students return to school
August 26, 2016Chicagoans and union members worry about two major concerns: how the district will access more funds, and how equitably those funds will be spent.
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Jewish Labor Committee protests Israeli labor rule discriminating vs. Palestinian workers
August 26, 2016"As an organization that cares about Israel's future as a democratic and progressive society, this matters to us, and should matter to others as well."
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Unions battle employers that use arbitration to curb worker rights
August 25, 2016The direct attack on worker rights engineered by Gov. Scott Walker is only one front of the war on workers.
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