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Labor Voices: We Need Workplace Protections

26 Apr, 2018

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26 Apr, 2018

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Labor Voices: We Need Workplace Protections

When we kiss our loved ones’ goodbye to head to work, we don’t expect tragedy. Saturday is Workers Memorial Day, a time for all of us to remember those who went to work but unfortunately never returned home because they lost their lives while on the job.

Labor Voices: We Need Workplace Protections

Union Win Marks Step Forward for Student Labor Movement

26 Apr, 2018

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26 Apr, 2018

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Union Win Marks Step Forward for Student Labor Movement

Harvard research and teaching assistants' vote to unionize last week was unique in its scale and drew on a decades-long push to form graduate student unions, according to several labor experts and union organizers.

Union Win Marks Step Forward for Student Labor Movement

Senate Bill to Curtail Labor Rights on Tribal Land Falls Short

17 Apr, 2018

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17 Apr, 2018

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Senate Bill to Curtail Labor Rights on Tribal Land Falls Short

Organized labor managed an increasingly rare feat on Monday — a political victory — when its allies turned back a Senate measure aimed at rolling back labor rights on tribal lands.

Senate Bill to Curtail Labor Rights on Tribal Land Falls Short

How Does Your State Stack Up on Pay Equity for Women?

11 Apr, 2018

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11 Apr, 2018

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How Does Your State Stack Up on Pay Equity for Women?

The notion of bringing home 80 cents for every dollar pocketed by a man on a national basis is unsettling enough. But it's even more startling when those lost wages are added up.

How Does Your State Stack Up on Pay Equity for Women?

Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

11 Apr, 2018

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Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis, Tennessee, to march with the city’s striking black sanitation workers. Wages were bad, and conditions were so unsafe that workers were seriously injured or even killed while using the trash compactors of their trucks.

Want To Carry On Martin Luther King Jr.’s Work? Join A Union

The Gay Union Organizer Who Helped MLK Change the World

04 Apr, 2018

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04 Apr, 2018

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The Gay Union Organizer Who Helped MLK Change the World

As America prepares to observe the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination today, there is one name you may not hear: Bayard Rustin.

The Gay Union Organizer Who Helped MLK Change the World