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McConnell Vows to Block Benefits While Pushing Corporate Legal Immunity
The GOP is attempting to guarantee that companies are not held accountable for endangering the health of employees.
Fruit Workers Ready Strike for COVID-Safe Working Conditions
Demands for safer working conditions and extra hazard pay during the pandemic are powering strikes in the Yakima Valley.
Mnuchin Wants to Deny Unemployment to Workers Who Stay Home Due to COVID Risk
Fear of contracting COVID — which has killed nearly 100,000 Americans — doesn't suffice for unemployment, Mnuchin says.
Workers Are Afraid of Returning to Work. Will There Be a General Strike?
Calls for a general strike are growing as millions of people consider going back to work after months of quarantine.
Trump Is Willing to Let Boosted Unemployment Expire for 36 Million Out of Work
President Trump told GOP senators on Tuesday that he is willing to let expanded unemployment expire at the end of July.
We Don’t Have to Choose Between Our Health and the Economy
We can protect public health and economic security so we can quarantine safely and reopen when it is safe.
House Democrats Demand State Dept. Reveal “Secret Plan” to Slash Social Security
An internal department plan reportedly proposes giving Americans direct COVID relief payments in exchange for the cuts.
New Postmaster General’s Focus on Modernization Likely Means Job Losses at USPS
Postal workers should be alarmed at Louis DeJoy's 35 years’ experience in “labor analytics.”
Imagine a World Where All Workers Are “Essential,” But Not All Leaders Are
Given their greed, ineptitude and callousness, we should reconsider how essential CEOs and our “leaders” really are.
Whistleblower Says Systemic Mortgage Fraud Has Returned to Wall Street
A previously unreported complaint claims this time it's happening in commercial rather than residential properties.