Labor
Unions: Dem platform stronger on unfair trade deals
July 13, 2016The proposed Democratic Party platform includes language that is close to an outright rejection of the controversial TPP.
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Veterans’ Affairs union: Trump will “throw vets to the wolves”
July 13, 2016Privatizing the VA hospital network remains a GOP priority.
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Unemployment rate rises in June to 4.9 percent
July 12, 2016Unemployment for African-American teenagers jumped by 33,000 from May to June, and their joblessness rose to 31.2 percent.
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VA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
July 12, 2016"Destroying this system creates dangerous gaps in treatment and missed opportunities to heal veterans."
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Teamster was one of two African-Americans shot dead
July 8, 2016Philando Castile was a Teamsters Local 320 member and nutrition services supervisor at the J.J. Hill Montessori school in St. Paul.
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