unions
NEA President’s valedictory speech challenges teachers to take on Trump
July 13, 2020The elementary school teacher from Salt Lake City isn’t going quietly into the dark from her post as National Education Association president.
Read moreRetired Steelworker leader Jones backs Biden but wishes it was Bernie
July 10, 2020Chuck Jones, the retired Steelworkers Local 1999 president who became famous for debunking then-President-elect Donald Trump’s lies about the Carrier plant closure outside Indianapolis almost four years ago, is going to vote for Joe Biden.
Read more‘Strike for Black Lives’: Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions
July 9, 2020Service Employees International Union has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers, the Fight for $15 and a Union, the Poor People's Campaign, and others.
Read moreBiden backs strikers at Bath Iron Works
June 29, 2020“The union has struggled and bargained over decades to make these safe, quality jobs that Maine workers can survive in over a long career and earn a decent living."
Read moreShortest season since 1878, union balks as Major League Baseball plans a 60-game slate
June 23, 2020Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal.
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