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High court upholds Seattle’s $15 minimum wage ordinance
May 5, 2016The U.S. Supreme Court has handed a judicial win - even if only in one big city - to the "Fight for 15 and a union" movement.
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AFL-CIO: Workplace deaths, injuries on the rise
April 28, 2016"Too many workers remain at serious risk of injury, illness or death. There is much more work to be done."
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Temp workers increasingly at risk of dying on the job
April 28, 2016"Contract workers are most frequently assigned to the most hazardous jobs, and employers are not meeting their legal obligations to provide safe working conditions."
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Indiana Carrier plant workers take their case directly to UTC shareholders
April 27, 2016Members of USW Local 1999 will take the fight to save their jobs to the streets with a march and rally at the Indiana State Capitol.
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Award-winning elementary principal criticizes Mayor Rahm Emanuel, loses job
April 27, 2016The "reassignment" to a different position smelled like retribution for the outspoken principal's public criticism of the Chicago mayor.
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