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Sanders Introduces “Pensions for All Act” to Ensure Workers Can Retire
Only 9 percent of Americans have pensions today, compared to 44 percent in 1975.
Trump Admin’s Focus on Child Labor After California Raids Is a Bait and Switch
The Trump administration’s raids are part of the same immigration system that makes child labor conditions possible.
“Tax-Dodging Consultant” Is Now the US Treasury’s Top Tax Policy Official
As a lobbyist, Ken Kies secured tax giveaways for major corporations. Now, he’s helping implement the GOP budget bill.
18 States Now Have Laws Blocking Cities From Enacting Paid Leave Standards
Nearly 73 million workers fall under such laws, according to a new report.
Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide
As work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.
Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse.
Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
Lula Responds Defiantly to Trump’s Tariff Threat Against Brazil
The Brazilian president promised to respond in kind if Trump moves forward with a threatened 50 percent tariff.
Philadelphia Union Ends Largest Municipal Workers’ Strike in Decades
“I really think that the union won the public relations battle over the past week,” says labor historian Francis Ryan.
Trump’s FTC Let Lobbyists Kill Popular Click-To-Cancel Rule, Advocates Say
A federal appeals court blocked the rule, which would have required companies to make it easier to end subscriptions.
US’s Largest Labor Union Votes to Cut All Ties to the Anti-Defamation League
The ADL leveraged spurious antisemitism claims to demand that schools bring it in to set policy and provide programming.
New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry
Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
Taft-Hartley Act Still Undercutting Labor 78 Years Later
Taft-Hartley marked the beginning of a long-term strategy to isolate, weaken, and demobilize organized labor in the US.
Why Is BlackRock Gunning to Take Over a Minnesota Electric Utility?
Opponents say the deal would leave ratepayers and regulators at the mercy of far-off financial profiteers.