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Nurse staffing shortages come to Michigan hospitals – with a twist
April 23, 2018If you’re a registered nurse and your union contract with two hospitals includes safe-staffing ratios, what do you do if the hospitals break those pact provisions?
Read moreThis week in labor history: Chicago stockyard workers win 8-hour day
March 26, 2018“Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what you will” became the international call for labor rights in the 19th century.
Read moreRail workers confront execs on safety
March 23, 2018“It’s time to call the big railroads to account, before more lives are lost, more water supplies are ruined and more rail workers are injured."
Read moreLawmakers try to restore due process rights for federal workers, whistleblowers
March 23, 2018“These federal employees, like others, should have the right to appeal their terminations to an independent body.”
Read moreMoney bill bans bosses from stealing workers’ tips
March 23, 2018In an apparent big win for low-income workers, the money bill for the federal government for the rest of this fiscal year bans bosses from stealing workers’ tips.
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