worker rights
Resistance at Yale inspires unity for worker rights
May 19, 2017The fast by Yale graduate teachers in Unite Here Local 33 will enter its 27th day.
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OSHA drops “walkaround” privileges for union safety experts in non-union shops
May 15, 2017Before, workers “without a collective bargaining agreement” could designate “a person affiliated with a union or a community organization as their walkaround representative.” Now, they can’t.
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High school students learn collective bargaining—by doing it
May 5, 2017The tried and true method of learning: hands-on.
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Laborers’ president calls for reflection on May Day
May 2, 2017“Today, an increasing number of workers in America are just like those of Haymarket, whether immigrants who are here seeking a better life or native workers who are struggling just to hold on.”
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UNITE HERE and SEIU: More than 300,000 workers may walk May 1
April 25, 2017They are taking to the streets with “hundreds of thousands of workers, immigrants and allies."
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