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Deadline Is Today in McDonald’s Labor Case That Could Affect Millions

March 19, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: The Trump appointee charged with enforcing federal labor rights is scrambling to head off a court ruling in a case against McDonald’s that could redefine…

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Striking teachers descend on West Virginia’s Capitol to demand pay raises

March 5, 2018 Editor

From ABC News: Thousands of striking teachers descended on the West Virginia Capitol on Monday, forcing officials to briefly cut off access to the building six days after Gov. Jim…

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SCOTUS Hears Fiery Arguments In Case That Could Gut Public Sector Unions

February 28, 2018 Editor

From NPR News: The Supreme Court heard fiery arguments Monday in a case that could remove a key revenue stream for public sector unions. A sharply divided court could be…

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SCOTUS conservatives set to strike down union fees on free-speech grounds

February 8, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Paying union dues and baking a wedding cake may not seem like classic examples of free speech—except perhaps at the Supreme Court. This year, the high…

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LA Times journalists vote to unionize

January 20, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Journalists at the Los Angeles Times have overwhelmingly elected to form a union, a first for the 136-year-old news organization that for much of its history…

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MLK Day 2018, A Time to Reflect on Socio-Economic Injustice In All Forms

January 15, 2018 Editor

In honor of MLK Day, we post a short educational video here with excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Baldwin that draw the connection between racial injustice and…

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Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine

December 28, 2017 Editor

From New York Times: From inside the control room carved into the rock more than half a mile underground, Mika Persson can see the robots on the march, supposedly coming…

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Employees do want their job to matter, but meaning at work can be hard to find

November 10, 2017 Editor

From today’s Chicago Tribune by Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz: Jennifer Ruiz holds her patient’s trembling hand as she presses a stethoscope to the frail woman’s chest and belly. She compliments the woman…

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N.F.L. Players May Have an Ally in Their Protests: Labor Law

October 12, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Noam Scheiber:As National Football League team owners consider President Trump’s call to fire players who refuse to stand for the national anthem, they have…

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Head of AFL-CIO explains, “Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council”

August 24, 2017 Editor

From the New York Times “Opinion” Section, August 16, 2017 by Richard Trumka: On Tuesday, President Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and…

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