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AFL-CIO Launches Study of State of Work and of Unions

07 May, 2018

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07 May, 2018

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AFL-CIO Launches Study of State of Work and of Unions

Saying workers are buffeted by automation, globalization and robotics, which threaten high joblessness, and firms robbing them of bargaining power to fight back and get jobs in the looming new economy, the AFL-CIO launched a year-long study of the state of work and the state of U.S. unions.

AFL-CIO Launches Study of State of Work and of Unions

AFL-CIO: TPP Failed Workers and Deserved to Die

07 May, 2018

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07 May, 2018

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AFL-CIO: TPP Failed Workers and Deserved to Die

The Trans-Pacific Partnership died because it ultimately failed America’s working families. Instead of addressing the economic devastation wreaked by wrong-headed trade deals, the TPP doubled down on a failed, corporate-driven ideology.

AFL-CIO: TPP Failed Workers and Deserved to Die

Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas

03 May, 2018

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03 May, 2018

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Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas

As walkouts by teachers protesting low pay and education funding shortfalls spread across the country, the small but growing movement to recruit teachers from overseas is another sign of the difficul

Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas

Family Members Help Mark Workers' Memorial Day 2018

Family Members Help Mark Workers' Memorial Day 2018

01 May, 2018

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Family Members Help Mark Workers' Memorial Day 2018

The mother of one of 174 people who died on the job in North Carolina in 2016 spoke to reporters and community members at a Workers’ Memorial Day service outside the Old State Capitol last Friday where attendees rang a memorial bell 174 times and called on the N.C. Department of Labor to do more to prevent workplace fatalities and to show respect to the victims’ families.

Family Members Help Mark Workers' Memorial Day 2018

Attend Raising Wages #15forNC Lobby Day May 22nd

Attend Raising Wages #15forNC Lobby Day May 22nd

01 May, 2018

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Attend Raising Wages #15forNC Lobby Day May 22nd

On May 22nd, the Raising Wages NC coalition is hosting a statewide lobby day to put our elected officials on notice that the time is now for state lawmakers to raise the minimum wage for North Carolina's working families to $15 an hour.

Attend Raising Wages #15forNC Lobby Day May 22nd

We Can Expect More from Teachers When We Pay Them Like Pros

01 May, 2018

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01 May, 2018

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We Can Expect More from Teachers When We Pay Them Like Pros

Never before has there been so much labor unrest in America’s public schools.

We Can Expect More from Teachers When We Pay Them Like Pros