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• Unionists, protesters, fact-checkers, economists pan Trump economics address
• Trump’s VP pick Mike Pence addresses right-wing lobby ALEC
• OSHA hits poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride, UFCW calls “medical malfeasance”
• New Jersey public pensions battle goes down to the wire
• Massachusetts passes most comprehensive state equal pay law
• NLRB forcing employers to reimburse illegally fired workers
• UN human rights official cites attacks on worker rights in U.S.
• OSHA to take first steps this fall towards potential rule to curb workplace violence
• Trump hotel workers picket as boss gets GOP nomination
• GOP platform backs national right to work law, hits federal workers
• Unions: Dem platform stronger on unfair trade deals
• VA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
• Union anti-Trump rally focuses on his D.C. hotel construction site
• Abner Mikva and the end of an era
• Details of Dem draft platform reveal many strong pro-worker planks
• Move to exempt minor-league ball players from minimum wage law
• Senate votes to slash minimum wage for youth in Puerto Rico
• Democratic Party platform panel waffles on trade and health care
• AFGE’s members plan 38 anti-privatization rallies coast to coast to boost VA
• The struggle for LGBTQ workers’ rights continues
• GOP House Speaker Ryan plan would trash labor, consumer regulations
• Elizabeth Warren: Some on Wall Street should be in handcuffs
• Consumers League warns teens about summer jobs that can kill
• Biden: Trump a threat to Constitution, judiciary and nation
• Active unionists go one for two in June 5 primaries
• Teachers report: 2016 presidential campaign scares kids
• Labor board puts new limits on when employers may permanently replace strikers
• Labor campaign kills anti-worker measures in N.M.
• United Auto Workers union endorses Clinton
• Unions: New Verizon pact gives raises, halts outsourcing, adds jobs
• Court says workers can't be forced to sign mandatory arbitration clauses
• Labor and allies launch new push to rein in Wall Street
• Obama threatens defense bill veto over anti-LGBTQ, anti-worker provisions
• Women's rights group hails and right wing slams new overtime rule
• Report: Fatal crash wouldn’t have happened with proper backup
• Unions turning one million Latino green card holders into citizens
• What’s the point of the Panama Papers?
• Workers suffer as Nabisco CEO makes millions, moves Oreo production line to Mexico
• Labor and allies discuss launching a “Take Down Wall Street” campaign
• Verizon worker explains why she strikes in open letter to CEO
• TPP, presidential politics the talk at Steelworkers legislative conference
• On May Day
• AFL-CIO: Workplace deaths, injuries on the rise
• Railroad whistleblowers face retaliation, urge OSHA prosecutions, heftier fines
• Temp workers increasingly at risk of dying on the job
• Hillary Clinton’s pro-worker pledges excite building trades audience
• Low-paid workers stage another mass walkout
• Verizon giveback demands force 39,000 on East Coast out on strike
• Lilly Ledbetter tells union women about ongoing struggle for equal pay
• NY state raises minimum wage to $15, enacts paid family leave
• Catholics and Evangelicals not voting as blocs in 2016 elections
• Unions spared, for now, in split Supreme Court Friedrichs ruling
• OSHA issues rule to curb silica dust exposure
• Calif. lawmaker introduces bill to let “Gig Economy” workers organize
• Presidential hopefuls on so-called 'free trade' pacts
• U.S. Supreme Court upholds N.J. Gov. Christie’s worker pension cuts
• Labor tackles the problem of union members voting for Trump
• Unions talk tactics on battling impact of Friedrichs court case
• Unions demand that Senate consider Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
• Trans-Pacific Partnership protests mount
• Obama budget keeps “Cadillac tax” on union health plans
• Federal employees’ union demands a real raise
• Communications Workers take on Wall Street
• Labor experts ask NLRB: give unions equal voice, time at “captive audience” meetings
• Steelworkers, ExxonMobil, CalOSHA start talks on Torrance refinery explosion
• Trumka on race and class: "When they divide us, they can beat us"
• Workers, unions may face big loss at Supreme Court
• 2015 ends with five percent jobless rate, claims of new jobs in December
• Keystone, NAFTA, and the TPP: What you need to know
• GOP majority in Congress plans votes to repeal Affordable Care Act
• Attorney: high court ruling could hurt all workers, union and non-union
• NLRB casting jaundiced eye against forced arbitrations
• L.A. port truckers win again, misclassified as independent contractors
• For labor, 2015 began and ended with political action
• Seattle Teamsters local to organize Uber, Lyft drivers after city council vote
• African union leader sees similarities with U.S. South
• Las Vegas Trump hotel workers vote to unionize
• Walmart hired Lockheed-Martin, asked FBI to spy on activist workers
• High court tackles four important cases involving workers, unions
• SEIU endorses Hillary Clinton
• Trumka kicks off anti-TPP drive at town hall meeting in New Hampshire
• After first look at full TPP text, union leaders give pact thumbs down
• House passes highway-transit bill, delays rail safety
• NLRB declares taxi drivers are employees, can vote to unionize
• Sanders addresses and marches with Verizon picketers
• AFL-CIO’s largest union endorses Clinton
• On the trans-pacific partnership, we have to educate
• Canadian unions cheer as voters toss out right-wing Prime Minister Harper
• In most states, even $15 an hour is not enough
• New film promotes public workers’ fight for rights
• Labor questionnaires show Dem hopefuls agree on many major issues
• National Education Association endorses Clinton, draws flack
• Bernie Sanders introduces major labor law reform bill
• Trumka on opposing Pacific Trade Pact: “It’s not just us"
• Communications Workers, Teamsters reach tentative pact for 15,000 at American Airlines
• UAW: Chrysler pact gradually eliminates two-tier wages
• Unions lobby lawmakers to prevent government shutdown
• Unionists lobby to restore, strengthen Voting Rights Act
• Scott Walker escalates his war on workers
• Letter carriers to choose between Sanders and Clinton
• The way to remember 9/11: Restore workers’ rights and the Constitution
• Busy year by NLRB produces key rulings for workers
• NAFTA impact: your Oreo cookies made in Mexico, not Chicago
• Trumka: AFL-CIO presidential endorsement unlikely before first two state contests
• Verizon continues to demand givebacks from workers
• Ruling on labor practices shows importance of appeals courts to workers
• Report explores why unions have few female leaders
• Money bills top labor's agenda as Congress returns to work
• Five top union leaders endorse Iran nuclear arms control pact
• Court upholds federal minimum wage, overtime pay for home health care workers
• Rail workers score big safety win in California
• Top AFL-CIO officials: “U.S. labor law must catch up”
• OSHA proposes cutting worker exposure to beryllium by 90 percent
• Labor board punts college athletes' try to unionize on technicality
• Major moves towards corporate accountability
• U.S. Labor Against the War: back the Iran nuke deal!
• National Nurses United endorses Sanders
• Donald Trump plays the politics of resentment
• Add Chris Christie – again – to the list of union-bashers
• Steelworkers, top firms at odds as contract deadline approaches
• Federal judge upholds NLRB union election rules
• Single-payer healthcare gets backing from Medicare’s “creator”
• Hillary Clinton pledges to push Employee Free Choice
• Religious voters back Pope's stands against racism, income inequality, for worker rights
• Netroots Nation delegates discussed unions' role in progressive causes
• Unionists, retirees to lead mass pro-Medicare rallies on July 30
• GOP funding bill would force the NLRB to lay off one-third of its staff
• Clinton, Sanders meet top union leaders
• Judge to hear case against USPS deal with Staples
• Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains
• Today in labor history: Ode to a labor troubadour, Woody Guthrie
• American Federation of Teachers endorses Hillary Clinton
• Canada's prime minister jams anti-union law through Parliament
• Sanders draws roars from union retirees
• Labor board tackles another joint-employer issue, involving temps
• Ex-CWA President Cohen to campaign for Sanders
• Union leaders hail high court’s marriage equality ruling
• Union leaders applaud Supreme Court health care law ruling
• Unions and allies get support for gas tax hike for highway-mass transit funding
• House bill slashes $74 million from NLRB, shackling board
• Catholic Church and labor leaders vow joint push for social justice
• New Jersey unions go toe to toe with Christie over pensions
• With House vote looming, labor turns up heat on trade
• Unions criticize GOP proposal to spin off Federal Aviation Administration
• Unions demand opening of secret trade pacts
• After Senate loss, fast-track fight shifts to House
• Rail safety problems trigger protests
• New NEA president Eskelsen Garcia brings verve, edge to union
• Right-to-work loses in Illinois house, heads for Missouri veto