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Unions move to protect workers from coronavirus, McDonald’s doesn’t
March 12, 2020Unions moved quickly to try to protect workers and families from the spreading coronavirus, even as it potentially costs their members jobs. Many businesses, state, and local governments and even major league baseball and the NBA...
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Workers’ rights win in Virginia, lose in Florida
March 12, 2020What a difference an election makes. When it comes to workers’ rights, Virginia (yes) and Florida (no) proved that in the first week of March.
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Claudia Jones School inaugural event in D.C. features Bill Fletcher, Jr.
March 12, 2020Fletcher’s talk, the highlight of the evening, provided an historical analysis of the role played by Black workers in the U.S. labor movement.
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When the war on science really began
March 12, 2020A new book, The War on the EPA, tracks the history and importance of the government agency — and how efforts to undermine it began decades before Trump.
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Coronavirus response: Lawmakers prefer helping workers but Trump pushes tax cuts
March 12, 2020Some House Dems want at least 12 weeks of paid sick leave, immediately, for all workers.
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