unions
NLRB declares taxi drivers are employees, can vote to unionize
October 30, 2015Taxi drivers, like millions of other such exploited workers nationwide, are not "independent contractors" but are really employees.
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AFL-CIO’s largest union endorses Clinton
October 28, 2015"AFSCME members want a candidate who is committed to fixing our out-of-balance economy and raising incomes for working people."
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Nurses, at New Orleans gathering, reaffirm backing for Sanders
October 27, 2015"I am incredibly proud that there is finally a candidate speaking to the values I've held my whole life," said one worker.
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Yale graduate student teachers rally for union election
October 23, 2015Yale graduate student teachers and research assistants got a big boost in their decades-long quest for union rights.
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NYC union pension systems to invest $150m in affordable city housing
October 23, 2015Union labor will build the housing in an economically targeted investment program in all five boroughs.
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