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Labor
Black Workers Say Walmart’s Background Checks Are Racially Discriminatory
Racial discrimination in the temporary staffing industry is notoriously difficult to address.
Criminalizing Sex Workers Drives Rape and Gender-Based Police Violence
In this excerpt, we learn where and how sex workers are criminalized.
Maine AFL-CIO Is First to Support a State-Level Green New Deal Bill
Maine lawmakers will hold a hearing today on a new climate and jobs bill.
Pete Buttigieg Trivializes the Impact of Trade on US Job Losses
The Democratic presidential candidate has been telling audiences a very big lie.
Stop & Shop Strikers Are Standing Up for All Grocery Workers
The outcome of the Stop & Shop strike will have implications for workers nationwide.
McDonald’s Retreat on Fighting Wage Increases Shows the Tide Is Turning
McDonald’s will no longer lobby against local, state and federal efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Labor Sector Maintains Political Clout as 2020 Presidential Campaign Heats Up
But labor leaders are still treading into 2020 with caution.
For Military Contractors, Tax Day Is Pay Day
Of the 24 cents that go to the military for every tax dollar, 12 cents go to corporate military contractors.
Anti-Union University Administrations Fight Graduate Student Worker Organizing
Conditions in higher education have increasingly shifted toward using graduate students as a “cheaper labor source.”
Union Locals Build Support for the Green New Deal’s “Just Transition”
What would a just transition actually mean for fossil fuel workers, and what must proponents do to win labor’s support?