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Calif. grocery workers approve new contract with raises, retirement protections, improved scheduling
Aug10
"This contract is a victory for our members, and secures their wages, retirement security, and control over their schedules."
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Aug10
NBC-Universal owns Telemundo, but the unorganized actors don't get residuals or health care, guaranteed wage minimums or meal breaks.
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Chicago alderman Rosa, community, activists denounce ICE raids on day laborers
Aug10
Government agents raided a neighborhood location where immigrant workers gather, forcing a group of laborers to submit to searches.
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Survey: 36 percent of U.S. “financially desperate” or barely getting by
Aug10
The study by the world's top global union federation, adds that the proportion is higher among women, people aged 16-24 and those with less education.
Sofitel hotel workers in L.A. invisible no more
Workers at the tony Sofitel in Beverly Hills are fed up with rampant wage theft, sexual harassment, and unsafe conditions.
Trump's assassination talk sends Republicans running; creates opening for progressives
A crippled Trump campaign leaves an opening for Clinton and the Democrats to present a populist agenda that can appeal to his base in the heartland.
Hiroshima Day message: Abolish nuclear weapons, build lasting world peace
"Is it not time to honor the spirit of Hiroshima and clear the path toward a world free from that "absolute evil"? Is it not time to unify and manifest...
Don’t fall for it: Trump’s economic plan a fraud
"Trump has chosen to get his real advice from people just like him - people who have made millions off the backs of hardworking families."
At a critical moment, labor’s cause is racial, economic justice
"The names, the hashtags represent real people in our very own community; they have jobs; they work alongside us; they have families; they were our high school classmates."
Unionists, protesters, fact-checkers, economists pan Trump economics address
"How are we supposed to raise our families without good jobs? Is that what you call 'winning'?"
