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6 Ways We Could Improve NAFTA for Working People
For years we’ve talked about the shortcomings of the North American Free Trade Agreement (we even released this detailed report on its 20th anniversary) and how trade deals created behind closed doors with corporate CEOs harm working people. Today we released a blueprint for how to rewrite NAFTA to benefit working families… By the AFL-CIO.
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Higher Minimum Wage May Have Losers
As more cities and states raise their minimum wages, researchers question how much difference the changes will make for the working poor.
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A guide to rebuilding the Democratic Party, from the ground up
Organizationally, the US right is light-years ahead of the left. A leading political scientist explains what Democrats should do to change that. By Theda Skocpol.
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These hotel workers just took on Trump — and won
Trump’s company battled unions during his campaign, but the deal ends a bitter dispute over pay at his Las Vegas hotel and eases discord at his D.C. property. By Jonathan O'Connell and Drew Harwell.
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Diane Abbott defends series of strikes planned in run-up to Christmas
The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, has defended union bosses planning a wave of strikes on the railways, in airports and at the Post Office in the run-up to Christmas. “Of course these strikes are going to be very disastrous if they all go ahead for the public over Christmas, but people do have a legal right to strike,” Abbott told the Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan. She added: “It’s not my role to second-guess the decisions of trade union leadership.”
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Bernie Sanders congratulates union leader attacked by Trump
Bernie Sanders congratulates union leader Chuck Jones, who was attacked by Trump on Twitter over Carrier jobs. By Julia Boccagno. [Autoplay video]
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Labor movement braces for three-front battle with Trump, Congress and courts
With Capitol Hill controlled by Republicans and the president-elect likely to nominate a conservative supreme court justice, unions ‘hunker down.’ By Steven Greenhouse.
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They Don’t Care About Us
The Podesta emails show that Democratic power brokers won't reward labor's unwavering loyalty or record contributions. By Micah Uetricht.
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It’s time for Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters to take on the trade union leadership
The union support for expanding Heathrow reflects a certain conservatism. By Michael Chessum.
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Fool Me Once
Many white workers aren't voting for Democrats this November. And not for the reasons you think. By Connor Kilpatrick.
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West Virginia’s mine wars, 1920-1921
A short historical account and background of the often violent conflict between workers and employers in West Virginia's mines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, compiled by the West Virginia State Archives.
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Why Growth Will Fall
William D. Nordhaus reviews "The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The US Standard of Living Since the Civil War" by Robert J. Gordon.
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What Does the Democratic Party Stand for Now? Good Question.
What program, what vision of America, can possibly contain all of this? By Emmett Rensin. (July 29, 2016)
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Uber hired CIA-linked research firm to investigate Seattle union politics
For months, Uber has been fending off fraud allegations related to an investigation into one of its legal opponents, which the company commissioned from a secretive CIA-linked research firm called Ergo. By Russell Brandom and Andrew Hawkins.
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Donald Trump’s Army on the Border
There’s one corner of the federal government excited about a Trump presidency: The union for its deadliest law enforcement agency. By Garrett M. Graff. (July 18, 2016)
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‘No pressure on me’ says Corbyn, as Labour rifts undermine miners’ bash
Smiles and waves at annual Durham event as leader goes off script but division and suspicion among unions and party undermine message of solidarity. By Helen Pidd.
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This List of Ways People Are Dying at Work [in the U.S.] Will Make Your Stomach Churn
Be thankful you have a job. Be thankful you’re alive. By Luke O’Neil. (May 9, 2016)
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Outrage after big labor crafts law paying their members less than non-union workers
When Los Angeles City Council members voted two years ago to give hotel workers a raise, Bill Martinez was the type of worker they said they wanted to help. Martinez, a 53-year-old bellhop… By Peter Jamison. (Apr. 9)
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Supreme Court's Tie Vote Upholds Public Employee Fees for Unions
The Supreme Court announced a tie vote today in what labor law experts had called a "life-or-death" case for public employee unions.
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How Chicago’s ‘Fraternal Order of Propaganda’ shapes the story of fatal police shootings
When cops kill civilians, their union is on hand to defend them. In many cases this has come at the expense of the truth. By Yana Kunichoff. (Feb. 3)
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