Tag: Labor Day
The perennial struggle of young workers
This May Day, celebrate the young workers in your life. And if you are a young worker, start organizing with your coworkers—you might be surprised at what you can build together.
‘Great day for labor’: NLRB rejects Amazon attempt to overturn union...
"This was an outrageous union-busting campaign by Amazon and we're demanding the company come to the table to bargain," said an attorney for the Amazon Labor Union.
‘Happy Labor Day everyone!’: Millions lose unemployment aid on worker holiday
The loss of federal unemployment assistance at this moment "will be a double whammy of hardship" for the unemployed and their families.
10 charts on the state of U.S. workers on the 2nd...
While workers are continuing to struggle under Covid, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.
Labor Day 2020: The power shift
If wealth continues to concentrate at the top, no one will be able to contain the corrupting influence of big money on the American system and the anger it unleashes.
New report outlines Trump’s actual work agenda: ‘Drop dead’
"Trump has betrayed America's workforce, sacrificing lives at the altar of industry profits."
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 3
Labor Day: When workers are recognized as human, $30 trillion to the richest white Americans, Los Angeles educators vote to strike, and more.
Labor Day 2017: Working families move closer to paid parental leave
For the nation’s poor working parents, the absence of paid leave is only the visible top of an iceberg of workplace challenges.
A New Bill of Rights for Workers: 10 demands the labor...
It is time for unions to return to demanding workers’ rights without apology.
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Two rogue, global criminal egomaniacs walk into a closed-door bar . . . what...
Two rogue, global criminal egomaniacs walk into a closed-door bar . . . what could go wrong?
What’s happened to ‘America the Beautiful?’ Autocracy, MAGA, ICE, heartless cruelty
It’s now become a country that seems to have lost its heart and soul, and is like a barren likeness of its former self.
GOP lawmaker cashed out health investments while backing Trump’s $1 trillion Medicaid cuts
Rep. Rob Bresnahan pledged to end congressional stock trading but has become one of the most active traders in Washington, selling healthcare assets as he voted to slash Medicaid and threaten Pennsylvania’s struggling hospitals.
Trump administration halts visas for Gazans as children arrive for medical care
State Department suspends temporary humanitarian visas after right wing backlash, leaving thousands of Palestinian children without access to urgent treatment.
US-Russia talks: The choice between peace and Escalation
As negotiations progress, U.S. officials must be honest about the U.S. role in provoking this crisis.