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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel created a new unit in her office to investigate payroll and wage theft, following other dedicated enforcement units related to wrongful convictions and hate crimes since taking office in January.

Stop & Shop workers scored an important win over the New England grocery chain—and the 2020 Democratic field has taken notice.

New York nurses are wrapping up a ratification vote on a historic agreement.

While NYSNA's headlines claim a historic win, a groundswell of rank-and-file nurses are staunchly opposed to the deal.

The time has come to take health care off the bargaining table by making it a right for all Americans.

Governor Cuomo loves to enjoin us to think big about spending billions on infrastructure. He and Mayor de Blasio were prepared to commit $3 billion to Amazon. But no investment would repay New York more than a major investment in CUNY.

Nearly 5,000 full-time faculty and graduate employees at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, won a tentative agreement on the brink of a strike.

Inside stores, shortages are evident. Meat and produce are rapidly disappearing from shelves, and aren’t being replaced because truck drivers in the Teamsters union are refusing to cross the picket line.

Joel Jordan is a retired teacher activist who spent many years organizing with the Los Angeles teachers’ union (UTLA) before relocating to Oakland where he helps coordinate the California Alliance for Community Schools.

The American Museum of Natural History is facing an internal insurrection — and the threat of staff resignations and boycotts — over its refusal to cancel a gala next month celebrating Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.