Labor
Lilly Ledbetter, 86, lauded by Shuler, Biden, Obama, and Harris
October 17, 2024She lost her pay discrimination suit in the Supreme Court, but the loss was rectified when President Obama signed a landmark law allowing workers to sue for their rights.
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News Guild’s Schleuss: Give big labor law breakers fines and jail terms
October 16, 2024He wants the Block brothers at the Pittsburgh Gazette to feel the lash.
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George Mann produces Si Kahn’s ‘Labor Day: A Tribute to Hard Working People Everywhere’
October 3, 2024Si Kahn and George Mann sure know what they’re singing about. As union organizers, they know first-hand the hardships and challenges working people face.
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Labor and civil rights icon, Bill Lucy, dies at 90
September 30, 2024He helped assemble and lead the famous “I Am a Man” unionization drive in Memphis in 1968.
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Univ. of Maine grad students want contract, but administrators are no-shows at negotiations
September 24, 2024Health and safety is a major issue. Some workplace first aid kids are over 70 years old.
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