workers rights
Hundreds of Chicago airport workers join Fight for $15 action
November 30, 2016The Fight for $15 movement gained ground on Tuesday when hundreds of baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendants and other airport workers went on strike at O’Hare Airport.
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AFL-CIO Vice President Gebre: What does it mean to be American?
August 30, 2016Tefere Gebre has been a proud union member for most of his life, valuing the freedom of people to come together in union.
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“Lakeland Ledger” newsroom staff vote to join News Guild-CWA
August 16, 2016The staff hand-signed and posted an open letter saying they want to work for a quality newspaper, but the corporation mandated layoffs and unfilled positions.
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Tenacious Chicago Reader staff buckles in for arduous negotiations
August 16, 2016With alt-weekly newspapers shutting down across the country, unionized Chicago Reader staff seek to buck the trend, negotiate first collective agreement.
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The Powell Memo and the war on workers
August 12, 2016In 1971, Lewis Powell, well-connected conservative corporate lawyer, wrote a document that has changed our lives for 45 years.
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