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Worldwide uprising against Trump agenda draws millions of marchers

January 21, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg And Larry Rubin

The streets and thoroughfares of every major American city were packed with hundreds of thousands today declaring their rejection of the dark message of hate and division that Donald J. Trump laid out yesterday after he...

Trump’s billionaire cabinet benefits from the labor they vilify

January 20, 2017 By Marzena Zukowska

Both Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, and head of the Office of Management and Budget, Mick Mulvaney employed immigrant domestic workers within their homes but failed to follow employer rules related to taxes and hiring.

AFL-CIO to push “new NAFTA” to protect workers’ rights, raise incomes

January 4, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

“Renegotiating NAFTA is a necessary first step towards creating an economy with shared prosperity” for workers, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said.

Jose Carillo and Donald Trump

December 1, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

Jose Carillo was one of the dozens of Fight for 15 demonstrators peacefully arrested in midtown Manhattan when they sat down in front of a McDonald’s to demand $15 hourly wages and the right to unionize...

Ryan, GOP scheme to undo Obama’s pro-worker, pro-environment rules

November 30, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

Not content with overturning Obama administration rules – including pro-worker rules, pro-consumer rules and environmental rules – one by one in the federal courts, the Republican-run Congress is scheming to toss them out, wholesale.