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Press Associates Union News Service provides national coverage of news affecting workers, including activism, politics, economics, legislation in Congress and actions by the White House, federal agencies and the courts that affect working people. Mark Gruenberg is Editor in chief and owner of Press Associates Union News Service, Washington, D.C.

LATEST ARTICLES BY PAI

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Unions can organize temps alongside permanent workers
July 21, 2016 By PAI
The ruling by the National Labor Relations Board means that employers can no longer use temps as a union avoidance tactic.
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NLRB judge rejects union’s complaint about AT&T button ban, then allows the button
July 20, 2016 By PAI
The full NLRB itself ruled last year the banned button did not break labor law.
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Nurses union asks OSHA for workplace violence standard
July 15, 2016 By PAI
National Nurses United has formally petitioned OSHA to pass a new standard that would help prevent violent attacks on healthcare workers.
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More data to be collected on wage thieves who want federal contracts
July 13, 2016 By PAI
Federal contracting officers will begin receiving data on prospective contractors' wage theft records.
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Veterans’ Affairs union: Trump will “throw vets to the wolves”
July 13, 2016 By PAI
Privatizing the VA hospital network remains a GOP priority.
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Unemployment rate rises in June to 4.9 percent
July 12, 2016 By PAI
Unemployment for African-American teenagers jumped by 33,000 from May to June, and their joblessness rose to 31.2 percent.
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Rail workers group condemns allowance of single-worker freight trains
July 7, 2016 By PAI
Railroad workers are organizing for more effective rulemaking.
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Machinists union: We built Juno, that Jupiter probe
July 7, 2016 By PAI
It's sometimes easy to forget the outstanding achievements union workers produce - until you're reminded of them.
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