Labor
Remembering Mike Smith, postal worker and labor stalwart
March 23, 2017Till his last day, Mike Smith was 100 percent union. Doug, his son, called the union office the morning after his death. His words to me: “You guys were his life.”
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Teamsters fight back against ‘right-to-work’
March 22, 2017RTW laws decrease wages and benefits for both union and non-union workers alike.
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GOP kills measure for buying American steel, hiring American workers
March 22, 2017It’s a pipe dream for Trump followers to believe he has done anything concrete on his Buy American pledge.
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Crushed hands show need for not crushing job safety protections
March 22, 2017Congressional Republicans and Trump, however, aren’t listening.
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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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