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You Can Be Fired for Not Showing Up to Work During a Hurricane

AFL-CIO Blog
Even when there are mandatory evacuation orders, many businesses insist that employees still show up for work. Many more This forces many to make an impossible choice between protecting their lives or protecting their jobs

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Trumka Calls for New Supreme Court Direction at Yale Law School

Richard Trumka AFL-CIO
Judge Kavanaugh would return workplace law to the 19th century. He would deny working people our most fundamental rights. And that’s exactly why he was nominated. He’s been vetted by the same people who’ve been pulling the strings since Bush v. Gore.

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Beyond #MeToo

Judith Levine New Labor Forum
The only thing that will protect service workers is a fundamental cultural transformation that renders groping the nanny a shock to the sensibilities of most men.
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