COVID-19
Giving Thanks to Immigrants and Essential Workers
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Many immigrants are even more at risk as essential workers. Give thanks to them this holiday season!
Immigration
Inside the Lives of Immigrant Teens Working Dangerous Night Shifts in Suburban Factories
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During the day, immigrant teenagers attend high school. At night, they work in factories to pay debts to smugglers and send money to family. The authorities aren’t surprised by child labor. They’re also not doing much about it.
COVID-19
Workers Strike in Fargo
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Around 70 employees of food distribution company Cash-Wa began striking in North Dakota on Wednesday over concerns about COVID-19.
Commentary
Workers Celebrate Election, Continue to Fight
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Workers are hoping their voices will be heard under the new administration.
Organizing
Local veterans, workers call out Union Busting at VA
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“It’s just another effort to destabilize the VA because, ultimately, they want to privatize the VA,” AFGE District 8 Vice President Gregg James said. “There are trillions of dollars available if millions of veterans have to go downtown to ge their care.”
COVID-19
On the Frontlines of Democracy
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As the COVID-19 health crisis surges in Minnesota, election workers are on the frontlines of democracy and the pandemic.
Commentary
Review: Forty Years of Working-Class Films
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It is still possible, though, to find engaging and valuable movies about working people where labor/management conflict is not the central focus. Here are my recommendations of some of the best that have come out since Norma Rae and Labor Notes debuted back in 1979.
Commentary
Collective bargaining belongs at the center of our democracy
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Restoring America in the wake of COVID-19 and racial injustice requires empowering workers.
Unions
Nurses Association’s refusal to denounce Trump angers members
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The American Nurses Association has rescinded its endorsement policy, the first time in decades they will not endorse a presidential candidate.
Government
The Trump Administration Allowed Aviation Companies to Take Bailout Funds and Lay Off Workers, Says House Report
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Instead of using bailout money to keep workers, at least two companies restored the full pay of their top management.