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Here’s What You Said: Building a Stronger Labor Movement for People of Color

by Mike Hall

 

Here's What You Said: Building a Stronger Labor Movement for People of Color

In our [AFL-CIO's] second online discussion on how to build a stronger movement for working people, Dr. Steven Pitts, labor policy specialist at the University of California,...

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Retailers are the key to workplace safety

Retailers-Key-to-Bangladesh-Worker-Safety-Investors-Tell-Walmart-Gap_mediumA coalition of faith organizations, investors and labor groups—including the AFL-CIO—is urging major U.S. retailers, including Walmart, Gap, Sears and others, to sign on to a binding workplace and...

 


Some unions protest Obamacare’s impact on Multiemployer Health Plans

by Kay Tillow

 

obamaThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, also known as Obamacare, presents challenges to the multiemployer plans through which some unions bargain collectively to provide health care...

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New York City fast food restaurants find a lot of ways to steal from their workers

A staggering 84 percent of New York City fast food workers reports having been a victim of wage theft, a new survey finds. Things are even worse for fast food delivery workers—100...

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Professors, Authors, Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Faith Leaders Urge Senate to Confirm NLRB Nominees


Letters signed by nearly 400 professors and 125 leaders nationwide argues for swift action on NLRB to ensure workplace rights 

 

nlrbWashington, D.C. – In two official letters last week, a...

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