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Republicans squabble over prevailing wage law
June 28, 2017“If all 25 states with prevailing wage laws today weakened or outright repealed their statutes, an additional 99,000 blue-collar construction workers would see their incomes fall below the poverty level," said the National Association of Building...
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Cuomoville, paid for by developers
June 28, 2017A coalition of tenant organizations marched June 14th from the New York Public Library to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYC office where they camped outside for three days. They called their encampment Cuomoville.
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Civil rights groups react to Muslim Ban partial reinstatement
June 28, 2017The Supreme Court partially reinstated Donald Trump’s executive order which bans people from 6 majority Muslim nations from traveling to the United States.
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Nurses’ union blasts Calif. lawmakers for dropping single payer health care bill
June 28, 2017The Golden State houses one of every eight people in the U.S., and the measure would have covered all of them.
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Trumka: Labor’s campaign against Trumpcare to continue as long as necessary
June 28, 2017Organized labor’s massive campaign against the Senate Republicans’ health care bill will continue through the congressional Independence Day recess and beyond.
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