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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

Labor

NLRB rules Unite Here won vote at Trump Las Vegas casino
April 7, 2016 By PAI
"We voted for a union so we could negotiate a fair contract with Mr. Trump."
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Labor

Minneapolis resumes march towards paid sick leave law, as Vermont enacts one
March 31, 2016 By PAI
After a pause for a city-mandated study, Minneapolis has resumed its march towards enacting a paid sick and family leave law.
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U.S.

Minnesota private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
March 30, 2016 By PAI And Barb Kucera
Issues of race, poverty, and justice bubbled to the surface in an emotional hearing in late March.
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U.S.

News Guild campaigns to save NYC’s top Spanish-language daily, El Diario
March 28, 2016 By PAI
The New York News Guild is waging an intense campaign to save the city's top Spanish-language daily from a cost-cutting jobs-cutting owner.
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Labor

Unionists cheer as railroad adminstration proposes two-person train crews
March 21, 2016 By PAI
This is seen as a big win for rail workers, their unions, their members and rail safety.
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Labor

Long ATI lockout ends with Steelworkers win
March 15, 2016 By PAI
"The strength and solidarity of our union paid off with a fair contract that contains virtually none of the drastic concessions ATI sought to arbitrarily impose."
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Labor

Immokalee Farmworkers: Boycott Wendy’s for human rights abuses
March 14, 2016 By PAI
The coalition wrote Wendy's a decade ago, saying the chain should pay decent wages and stop human rights abuses in the fields, following guidelines of the coalition's Fair Food Program.
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Labor

Justice Dept. to prosecutors: Tackle job safety crimes, other abuses
February 19, 2016 By PAI
The point is to make violations of job safety more costly to errant companies, hopefully deterring the firms from breaking the law in the first place.
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