unions
Nevada GOP governor vetoes mandatory 2-person freight train crews
June 30, 2017Unions introduced evidence of increased safety on freight trains to federal officials and Congress, pciting findings by a non-partisan investigation that the horrific fatal accident in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, could have been prevented had that freight had...
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Indigenous Oaxacan farm workers win themselves a union in the Pacific Northwest
June 28, 2017”That’s the priority-to raise our living standards. We know the contract will change our lives. Now, if we make a little more, our children will have other possibilities."
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Nurses’ union blasts Calif. lawmakers for dropping single payer health care bill
June 28, 2017The Golden State houses one of every eight people in the U.S., and the measure would have covered all of them.
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Trumka: Labor’s campaign against Trumpcare to continue as long as necessary
June 28, 2017Organized labor’s massive campaign against the Senate Republicans’ health care bill will continue through the congressional Independence Day recess and beyond.
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Jubilant crowds, union members gather at Buffalo’s Juneteenth celebration
June 26, 2017The holiday’s history is a bittersweet one.
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