By TIM ROWDEN Editor (Labor Tribune) To thunderous applause Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a measure June 4 that would have made Missouri the 26th right-to-work state, calling the bill (HB 116) a threat to unionized workers and wages “For generations, the ability of workers to join together and bargain collectively for fair wages, and trainingRead more
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- Working People Plan Diverse Activities for ThanksgivingWorking People Plan Diverse Activities for Thanksgiving For Thanksgiving weekend, many working families will take time off to share a meal, either virtually or in person. Many others have to work over the weekend. And still others will be helping out their friends and neighbors during these tough times. Here is a sampling of the […]
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Demands Action in Face of Shocking COVID-19 FailuresService + Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Demands Action in Face of Shocking COVID-19 Failures Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The United […]
- Breakthrough for Organized Labor and Clean EnergyBreakthrough for Organized Labor and Clean Energy Her goal was to go beyond good intentions and rhetoric. So Liz Shuler, as secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the second-highest position in the labor movement and, as it happens, highest-ranking woman in the federation’s history, went to Scandinavia in 2019. She leveraged AFL-CIO’s relationships with their sister union […]
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- Working People Plan Diverse Activities for Thanksgiving
- Service + Solidarity Spotlight: UFCW Demands Action in Face of Shocking COVID-19 Failures
- Breakthrough for Organized Labor and Clean Energy
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