Labor
Union nurses warn GOP health plan would hurt millions
March 22, 2017Unions are asking everyone to get on the phone to their lawmakers and to deluge congressional offices with protests up to and through the scheduled House health care votes on the evening of March 23, and beyond.
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Labor leaders grapple with how to halt the Trump agenda
March 20, 2017"It was a mistake for the Democrats to not nominate Bernie Sanders, who could bring together not just the left, but the center and even some on the right."
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Court to rule: Will parent corporations remain liable for violating labor laws?
March 15, 2017The decision to be made by the three judge panel could affect millions of workers employed by companies that are franchises or contractors of other companies.
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Trump plays friend to workers on trade while pursuing privatization
March 13, 2017U.S. unions face a dilemma: how to work with a president who’s avowedly anti-union and yet is pursuing some of their aims, like re-negotiating NAFTA?
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Top AFL-CIO officer: Unions are never backing down on immigrant rights
March 13, 2017"America’s labor movement is never backing down, not an inch, on its commitment to full immigrant rights in this country."
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