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Labor
Actors union lines up political support for Telemundo organizing drive
August 10, 2016NBC-Universal owns Telemundo, but the unorganized actors don't get residuals or health care, guaranteed wage minimums or meal breaks.
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Pence heaps praise on ALEC
August 8, 2016Indiana's governor addressed - and hailed - the American Legislative Exchange Council, disregarding worker protests.
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U.S. unions, lawmakers protest Rousseff overthrow in Brazil
August 8, 2016"What we're seeing in Brazil is a power-grab by politicians who weren't able to win at the ballot box."
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Unemployment would be 6.2 percent if it included discouraged jobseekers
August 8, 2016Governments never hired back all the workers they fired in the Great Recession, and there's been a resulting drag on the current recovery.
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OSHA hits Wisconsin shipyard with $1.4 million fine for lead poisoning of workers
August 3, 2016OSHA shut the shipyard after inspectors found workers suffered from lead poisoning and exposure to harmful contaminants.
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Striking Walmart workers in China contact U.S. Walmart activists
July 29, 2016"We are going to stand our ground," Zhang Liya, a founding member of the workers' network, told the Chinese labor paper.
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Teachers’ convention celebrates history, vision for future, Clinton support
July 25, 2016Throughout its 100-year history, the AFT has been at the juncture of key social, economic and civil rights movements.
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AFGE leader calls GOP plan for federal workers a “spoils” system
July 22, 2016"The platform advocates such profound changes to the terms of government employment that it would bring to end the merit-based, apolitical civil service system."
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