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HF 6, authored by Rep. Tim Mahoney, a union pipefitter, and SF 1933, authored by Sen. Bobby Joe Champion – that will give us more tools and resources to charge people with the crime of wage theft and prosecute it more aggressively.
Right now, the labor movement has huge opportunities around Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and more. Working successfully with young people like me will be key not only to the success or failure of these campaigns, but the success or failure of the labor movement itself.
The Supreme Court and the entire U.S. legal system have rarely been on the side of the U.S. working class, yet workers have continuously organized without the support of the law
This March, a confluence of union action and national events has brought a welcome focus to the challenges our public schools face. As a teacher, I can attest to the seriousness of problems like inadequate funding, union-busting and gun violence, but I am heartened by the activism that is starting to spring up around the country.
Events planned for four days July 17-20 will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Minneapolis Teamsters strikes of 1934. considered the most significant single labor event in Minnesota history.
It really is mourning in America when President Bush seeks to sunset the Social Security system workers rely on for a measure of dignity in life?s twilight, according to this commentary by retired Minnesota AFL-CIO Communications Director Ron Cohen.
Historian Dave Riehle offers an analysis of the 2004 election that, free of punditry, offers an optimistic picture for organized labor.
One look at recent election results shows that your vote really does matter, Minneapolis CLUC President Bill McCarthy says.
The Bush administration’s changes in Medicare, coupled with the fact that globalization is undermining the fragile U.S. health care system, make the need for national health care more clear than ever.
In his latest “View from the Ditch” column, Labor World editor Larry Sillanpa offers a novel solution to hazardous workplaces.