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The House Must Stand Up for Labor

Support for the labor movement is the highest in nearly half a century, yet only one in 10 workers are members of unions today. How can both be true?

06, Feb, 2020

More Bad Legislation

Here's what you need to know this week:

Here's the good news: we're almost halfway through legislative session. The bad news? We've got a lot of anti-worker legislation moving forward. Here are just some of the bad bills we have our eyes on:

06, Feb, 2020

Trump's NLRB Quietly Makes It Riskier to Wear Union Schwag at Work

The Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended 2019 by rolling back another round of Obama-era regulations and handing down a number of pro-employer decisions. One of those rulings restricts workers from wearing union buttons and other pro-labor insignia.

28, Jan, 2020

Technology Has Made Labor Laws Obsolete, Experts Say

In the 1930s, at the time of the writing of the Wagner Act—the law which grants workers the right to form unions and collectively bargain— union organizing took place during shift changes on factory floors and over beers in union halls.

27, Jan, 2020

Another Union Busting Bill

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23, Jan, 2020

Trump's China Deal Was Pitched as Boon for Working Class, but He Celebrated with Wall Street Titans

“There is precious little in this deal that addresses China’s long-standing denial of basic labor rights,” said Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO.

19, Jan, 2020