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Teachers Nationwide Want to Reduce Class Sizes for More Reasons Than COVID
The push to reduce class sizes is gaining momentum. Can the pandemic be a portal to the end of overcrowded classrooms?
Apple Is Withholding New Benefits From Its Only Unionized Store
The move comes just as a store in Oklahoma City is slated to vote on unionizing this week.
Following DOJ Subpoena, Trump Told Mar-a-Lago Worker to Hide Docs Elsewhere
Trump’s order to a Mar-a-Lago employee constitutes “an indictable offense,” one legal expert said.
Lowe’s Workers in New Orleans Petition to Form Company’s First-Ever Union
If successful, workers for the home improvement store would be the first of the company’s 1,723 stores to form a union.
Cori Bush Condemns GOP’s Ongoing Attacks on Student Debt Relief
At least one of the lawsuits against the debt relief program has already been struck down.
Wisconsin Paper Bashes Ron Johnson, Encourages Voters to “Send Him Packing”
Polling shows that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic opponent Mandela Barnes are statistically tied.
GOP Plans to Gut Social Security and Medicare If It Retakes Control of Congress
House Democrats slammed Republicans’ ploy to use looming debt ceiling fight as leverage to secure cuts to the programs.
Starbucks Kept List of Pro-Union Employees to Punish, Ex-Manager Says
Managers at the company would comb over employees’ records for nonunion-related infractions, he testified.
Wall Street Lobbyists Admit Big Banks Don’t Plan to Honor Their Climate Pledges
Big bank lobbyists have openly told regulators that Wall Street’s disingenuous climate pledges were made to be broken.
Workers Make $1.3 Million More Through Their Careers When They’re in a Union
This is more than the lifetime salary premium that typically comes with a college degree, researchers found.