legislation
Labor-led coalition deals blow to trade deal
June 15, 2015The TPP deal would trash workers' rights, kill jobs, and open the floodgates to new rounds of outsourcing.
Read moreWith House vote looming, labor turns up heat on trade
June 11, 2015Unionists continue to campaign to get lawmakers to reject the scheme that would grease the skids for secret trade pacts.
Read moreTexans exhale as legislative session ends
June 5, 2015In Texas, labor's victories consist not in getting legislation passed, but in stopping some of the worst of the worst.
Read moreA second look at FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights”
June 4, 2015In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.
Read moreAfter Senate loss, fast-track fight shifts to House
May 29, 2015Labor is increasing its attention on the GOP-run House, where the vote is expected to be much closer and up for grabs.
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