Government
A Broken Union Election System
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Today, EPI released a new report providing an inside account of how employers routinely threaten, intimidate, and harass workers to stop them from exercising their right to collective bargaining.
Government
As GOP plays politics with infrastructure bill, tradespeople warn their jobs hang in balance
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“My brothers and sisters and their families hope lawmakers come back to the table, sit down, roll their sleeves up and do whatever is required to get this bonding bill passed … so we don’t have to tell our families we lost our jobs.”
COVID-19
Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban
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Doctors treating coronavirus patients were supposed to be allowed into the U.S. But hundreds of young doctors have their visas put on hold indefinitely.
Government
Flight Attendants Tell Airlines: Don’t Even Think About Concessions
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The COVID-19 crisis hit airline workers with speed and devastation. Passenger flow through TSA checkpoints fell 97 percent in March compared to a year earlier. In the months since, travel demand has only barely recovered, to 20 percent of a year ago.
#GeorgeFloyd
Posthumous Pardon Considered in MN Case that Fueled Racial Tension
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The state Board of Pardons, which includes Gov. Tim Walz, could vote as early as today on a posthumous pardon for Max Mason, a black man convicted of raping a white woman in Duluth in 1920.
Workers
Top Mexican labour lawyer arrested after activism in US-owned factories
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Susana Prieto Terrazas filmed her own arrest in the border city of Matamoros where she has advised maquiladora factory workers
COVID-19
Minnesota Home Care Workers & Clients Criticize Inaction in Addressing Care Crisis
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Home care workers and clients across Minnesota criticized inaction by Minnesota lawmakers following news that the bill that would have provided an emergency wage and benefit increase for the workers who care for Minnesota seniors and people with disabilities was not passed in the final hours of the 2020 legislative session.
COVID-19
Frontline Workers share Stories and Importance of Passing Labor Contracts
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The Minnesota House has already passed HF 2768, “but the Minnesota Senate has not scheduled a final vote, which appears to set up state workers as bait for end-of-session drama.” According to an emailed statement.
COVID-19
House Passes Labor Contracts; State Workers Urge the Senate to Follow Suit
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The Minnesota Senate still has not yet scheduled a vote on the contracts, despite there being only a week remaining in the legislative session.
COVID-19
The Pentagon Wants to Sacrifice Mexican and Indian Workers for U.S. Arms Industry Profits
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‘To protect the flow of supplies to U.S. military contractors, the Pentagon is pressuring Mexico and India to keep factories open, at the peril of Mexican and Indian workers.’