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.
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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.
Cracks have started to appear in red states’ anti-union front.
Young people in the labor movement want to bargain on climate issues in contract negotiations.
School officials try to whitewash slavery and the Japanese-American internment
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