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Trump Labor Board Escalates War on Workers’ Rights

BY William Lewis, Left Voice Truthout
The Trump NLRB — currently four unelected lawyers and an empty seat — changed the rules of the union election process without notice or comment from the public.

For the Workers, a World to Win

Pavan Kulkarni People's Dispatch
The year 2019 saw labor actions take place at a historic scale as workers not only fought for better working conditions and wages but for a better future for their countries and the entire world.

I Am a Union Worker, and I Want Medicare for All

Ashley Payne Jacobin
Rally with sign:  Medicare for All
My union is in a perpetual battle for decent health care coverage. It’s a tactic of our employers to prevent us from striking against our terrible work conditions. If we had Medicare for All, we could demand much more at the bargaining table.

Rex, the Mine Pony

Con Carbon, Minstrel of the Mine Patch Friday's Labor Folklore
Prior to engines being used by coal miners, little Shetland ponies, known as pit ponies, were used to pull carts loaded with coal through the low-roofed mines.  The last pony mine in America was the New Gladstone Coal Mine in Appanoose County, Iowa.