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Labor
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As Unions Decline, Construction Workers Are Dying at Alarming Rates
Without unions, workers in construction regularly find themselves both inadequately trained and forced to labor in situations that could — and do — kill them.
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Unions Are at Their Lowest Levels in Decades: To Gain Power We Must Stop Following the Rules
Because activists tend to conflate our legal rights with our actual human rights, we doggedly pursue age-old strategies.
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What Was Trumka Doing in Trump Tower?
If the head of the main US union federation thinks he can get Donald Trump to relate to labor as a “partner,” he's mistaken.
Fighting for Workers’ Rights Under Hostile Labor Laws: Insights From the Deep South
It's possible to fight for workers under a hostile “right-to-work” regime — but unions need to get more militant.
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Federal Court May Decide Employers Can Reject Older Job Seekers to Protect “Image“
A major bias case against the Texas Roadhouse chain stems from an aggressive government strategy that may not survive the Trump administration.
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Resisting Militarized Repression: Facing Trump’s Threat to “Send in the Feds”
Trump's threat of state violence has made Chicago's Black and Brown communities determined to resist the repression.
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Trump Executive Order Could Block 500,000 Legal US Residents From Returning to the US From Trips
In his latest executive order, Donald Trump has used language that has already begun to affect those who are in the US on visas and green cards.
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A National Sanctuary Campaign Is Rising to Defy Trump’s Nightmare White Supremacist, Xenophobic Agenda
Movements are demanding material safety and well-being for all people under attack.
Donald Trump Against the World: The Birth of a New Nationalist World Order
Will a Trump administration give birth to a new internationalism led by a global confederacy of oligarchs?
How Timekeeping Software Helps Companies Nickel and Dime Their Workers
Employers use software with features that allow them to alter your time in a variety of ways.