unions
Nurses union asks OSHA for workplace violence standard
July 15, 2016National Nurses United has formally petitioned OSHA to pass a new standard that would help prevent violent attacks on healthcare workers.
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Unions: Dem platform stronger on unfair trade deals
July 13, 2016The proposed Democratic Party platform includes language that is close to an outright rejection of the controversial TPP.
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Veterans’ Affairs union: Trump will “throw vets to the wolves”
July 13, 2016Privatizing the VA hospital network remains a GOP priority.
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VA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
July 12, 2016"Destroying this system creates dangerous gaps in treatment and missed opportunities to heal veterans."
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Teamster was one of two African-Americans shot dead
July 8, 2016Philando Castile was a Teamsters Local 320 member and nutrition services supervisor at the J.J. Hill Montessori school in St. Paul.
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