labor law
Before election, Trump made it easier to misclassify workers as ‘independent contractors’
November 5, 202024 AGs, New York, Chicago, Philly, Pittsburgh try to stop Trump's expansion of “independent contractor” dodge.
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Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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India: Right wing uses COVID-19 to implement 12-hour workday, 72-hour week
May 15, 2020The right-wing BJP party is taking advantage of the crisis to sweep away all kinds of labor legislation.
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PRO Act passes; BlueGreen Alliance says green union jobs possible
February 6, 2020Among its reforms, the bill would repeal the section of the GOP's 1947 Taft-Hartley Act that permits “right to work” laws.
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Federal appeals courts give workers some wins
January 2, 2020Unlike the Supreme Court, some federal appeals courts issued important pro-worker rulings in 2019.
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