Labor
Rep. Tim Ryan’s PRO Act speech goes viral: “Help the damn workers”
March 10, 2021Heaven forbid Congress do anything to help workers.
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PRO Act passes House, Senate Republicans plan to kill it
March 10, 2021Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., declared: “This bill seeks to empower workers who build our country—and who are being oppressed within this plantation capitalist system.”
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Avalanche of progressive legislation on the move in the House
March 9, 2021Worker rights. The right to vote. Free and open elections. Controls on who can buy guns. And of course, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act.
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Women organizing to win: 9to5 yesterday; the PRO Act today
March 8, 2021If you’ve never had to make coffee for your boss, it’s thanks to women who organized in the 1970s.
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PRO Act, biggest labor law reform in decades, headed for House vote
March 5, 2021The bill would override right-to-work laws, make it easier to unionize, and penalize intimidation by bosses.
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