Labor
Uber and Lyft drivers are employees, not contractors, new California bill says
March 28, 2019The proposal comes as both Uber and Lyft prepare to launch initial public offerings or IPOs, raising billions of dollars from Wall Street investors.
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A worker’s story launches major labor law reform effort in Congress
March 27, 2019Every day Cynthia Harper went to work for two years, from early 2015 to early 2017, at the Fuyao Glass America plant in Moraine, Ohio, she wondered if she’d come home alive.
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Joyce Provost Wheeler, distinguished teacher and lifelong activist, dies at age 78
March 25, 2019She was a gifted school teacher, union leader, international solidarity activist, and a member of the Communist Party USA.
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March Madness: Unionize the NCAA
March 22, 2019"Student-athletes" make billions for others while putting their own futures at risk.
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Miners’ black lung fund running dry after GOP cuts coal tax
March 20, 2019Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell have reaped huge contributions from the coal industry, and now they're suffocating miners, literally.
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