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Colorado takes a giant step toward police reform
August 3, 2020The measure is part of a broad police accountability and reform legislation restricting the use of force by officers and banning chokeholds, signed into law by Governor Jared Polis (D) on June 19.
Read moreTrumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Read moreHouse OKs anti-redlining bill, 230-178
June 30, 2020GOP President Donald Trump’s regime wants to let banks redline communities of color. The Democratic-run U.S. House doesn’t.
Read moreClass conflict rages in the fight over next stimulus bill
May 11, 2020Trump and the 1 percent seek billions more for big business while workers and their allies push for a bill that will strengthen economic and political democracy.
Read moreHouse to vote on sweeping labor law reform by mid-February
January 14, 2020The Democratic-run U.S. House will vote on the Protect the Right to Organize (Pro) Act, the most-comprehensive pro-worker labor law reform bill in decades.
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