workers
We call frontline workers ‘heroes,’ but do we value them like heroes?
May 13, 2020When we collectively come out on the other side of this pandemic, will we have learned and changed anything at all?
Read moreCOVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada 0. Why?
May 12, 2020Hundreds of nurses from both countries listen in on a call arranged by their union that lays the blame for the deaths in the U.S. at the feet of the health care system.
Read moreCrime doesn’t pay but prison does, even amidst a pandemic
May 12, 2020As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work.
Read moreTrumka proposes universal federal jobs payments
May 11, 2020Trumka proposed the federal government guarantee paid employment – by actually shelling out the money – for all workers.
Read moreUnions, Dems resist GOP attempt to starve states and localities
May 8, 2020A big battle is shaping up, which affects not just two million workers and their families, but everyone else in the U.S.
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