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AFL-CIO hails Chauvin verdict, but police unions still an issue for organized labor
April 21, 2021National Nurses United was among the toughest unions in denouncing racist police violence; it doesn’t have the same “police problem” that the national AFL-CIO does.
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Unions, lawmakers, Biden administration unite on carbon capture as a job creator
April 20, 2021Absent: Any mention of the Green New Deal.
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Personal stories, bipartisan House vote send anti-workplace violence bill to Senate
April 20, 2021Unions are preparing to lobby lawmakers again.
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Hospital bosses still putting profits over patients after a year of pandemic
March 11, 202181% of registered nurses surveyed report they are still re-using what are supposed to be single-use protective gear.
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PRO Act passes House, Senate Republicans plan to kill it
March 10, 2021Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., declared: “This bill seeks to empower workers who build our country—and who are being oppressed within this plantation capitalist system.”
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Avalanche of progressive legislation on the move in the House
March 9, 2021Worker rights. The right to vote. Free and open elections. Controls on who can buy guns. And of course, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act.
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Montana defeats ‘right to work’; W. Va. governor admits it’s failed his state
March 5, 2021The continuing drive by the corporate class and their right-wing GOP puppets to impose “right to work” around the U.S. is taking some hits.
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PRO Act, biggest labor law reform in decades, headed for House vote
March 5, 2021The bill would override right-to-work laws, make it easier to unionize, and penalize intimidation by bosses.
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