The growing solidarity between unions and the LGBTQ+ community is key component of the revitalization of the labor movement.
The bill would have prohibited both public and private sector employees from being required to either join a union or pay union dues as a condition of their employment.
The Red Scare and the fall of the IWW. A new history examines the lost promise and fierce persecution of the IWW.
A number of moderate Democrats have remained silent on whether they support Julie Su’s nomination for labor secretary.
Republicans in Congress have already filed bills to undermine labor rights, eliminate the agency that oversees workplace safety, and roll back wage protections.
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As the economy opened up to women a half century ago, one in three working women was an office employee. As the clerical workforce grew by leaps and bounds, so did a sense of injustice among the women, leading to the founding of the 9 to 5 Movement.
While a big victory, Medicare did not provide full coverage for all services, and from its inception, there has been a drive to privatize and hand it over to profiteers. With privatization, profits ensue as additional restrictions are imposed.....
In Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, the union has been talking to voters about progressive fixes to inflation for months, when Democrats didn’t know what to say.
GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize.
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