Labor
USW reaches tentative deal with oil industry
March 13, 2015The Steelworkers have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with Shell as a pattern agreement for the rest of the industry.
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Parade of presidential hopefuls make pitches to fire fighters
March 12, 2015A parade of nine presidential hopefuls made their cases before more than 1,000 Fire Fighters.
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On anniversary of BP blast, judge speaks out for strikers
March 12, 2015The former judge who heard the 4,016 cases in the explosion's aftermath is speaking out for the strikers.
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The steal of the century: ending wage theft in our time
March 11, 2015It may not be the hottest topic on every to-do list, but the problem is as old as, well, the oldest profession. I'm talking about wage theft.
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Progressive think tank backs Obama crackdown on federal contractors
March 10, 2015Facing hostility of big business and the GOP, a progressive think-tank went to bat to defend President Obama's cracking down on federal contractors who break labor laws.
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