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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

Catholic bishops back unions in Labor Day message
August 28, 2014 By PAI
The message draws both on Catholic social thought, which has endorsed unions for 125 years, and the more-recent strongly pro-worker statements of new Pope Francis I.
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Labor

NLRB: Labor law protects worker recruiting others to sign sexual harassment complaint
August 27, 2014 By PAI
In a 3-1 decision, the board said the sexual harassment complaint, even if it just involves the complaining worker, is "protected and concerted activity" the NLRB covers.
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Labor

Oregon anti-labor groups try to kill paid sick leave
August 27, 2014 By PAI
What seemed to be a win for the growing national campaign for local paid sick leave laws has turned into a battle royal between the city and Lake County.
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Labor

Trumka: Workers “confused, angry, frustrated, scared”
August 20, 2014 By PAI
But the mass movement of low-wage workers, fighting for better wages and working conditions and the right to organize, is helping show the way out of the morass.
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U.S.

Reporter to get Newspaper Guild award for defying subpoena
August 18, 2014 By PAI
Newspaper Guild will give its Herbert Block Freedom Award to James Risen, a New York Times reporter who has defied a federal subpoena since 2006 demanding he reveal his key source.
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U.S.

Labor journalist blames U.S. policy for child immigrant crisis
August 18, 2014 By PAI
U.S. policies for decades forced kids and many of their parents to flee, because the U.S. made Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dangerous places.
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Labor

USW rolls out platform, denounces greedy forces out to destroy workers
August 15, 2014 By PAI
Delegates adopted a multi-point action platform for coming years to battle what President Gerard called "shrewd, greedy and powerful" forces out to destroy workers.
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Labor

Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
August 14, 2014 By PAI
"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
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