Labor
Biden Labor Dept. seeks to reverse Trump ‘independent contractor’ dodge
October 13, 2022The plan will make it tougher for firms to misclassify workers and rob them of the right to organize, jobless benefits, workers comp, and—unless they pay all the taxes themselves—Social Security and Medicare.
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Weyerhaeuser wood production felled by striking woodworkers
October 3, 2022The latest from People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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Teamsters’ O’Brien to Amazon: ‘We’re Comin’ Hard’
September 27, 2022Union targets both Amazon and United Parcel Service in major push for workers across the country.
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Labor history tour guide remembers his mail deliverer days
September 13, 2022Retired member of the National Association of Letter Carriers guides German postal workers around Detroit.
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Architects design a pro-union future at one Brooklyn firm
September 12, 2022The Machinists’ success at Bernheimer makes the firm the first unionized architectural firm in the U.S. since the depths of the Great Depression.
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