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Pre-Labor Day victory: Judge tosses Trump anti-worker orders
August 31, 2018Federal worker unions cheered as U.S. District Judge Katangi Brown Jackson threw out almost all of the edicts in Trump’s anti-worker executive orders.
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Appeals courts, rather than SCOTUS, often determine workers’ fate
August 31, 2018Federal appeals courts have been doing the bidding for anti-worker President Trump.
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2018 Midterms: Stakes for labor couldn’t be higher
August 31, 2018With Trump's disapproval rate up to 60 percent this Labor Day weekend, labor and its allies are focusing laser-like on the November Midterm elections.
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Labor History on Labor Day: Trump tries to kill OT
August 31, 2018It says something about Trump that his Labor Department has spent the 80th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act trying to weaken it.
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Puerto Rico death toll figure comes as statehood support rises
August 30, 2018A statehood bill now has 54 supporters from both parties, including the chairman of the House committee that would handle it.
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