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Republicans to come to the table to provide a pathway for dreamers, those with temporary staff and essential workers. we need to modernize the laws and families dont have to wait decades to be brought back together. >> reporter: so there we heard from the president. he has been saying something similar about immigration reform since taking office. there is little to no appetite to get bipartisan immigration reform passed in the senate or in the house side making their chances basically slim to n...

Migrants to blue states. president biden last night lashing out at those republicans. >> instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props. what they are doing is simply wrong. it is unamerican, it is reckless and we have a process in place to manage migrants at the border. were working to make sure it is safe and orderly and humane, it is long overdue for senate republicans to come to the table and provide a pathway for citizen and ...

In a recent interview, John Mackey dropped a steaming pile of COVID misinformation.

Employees inducted into the Hall of Honor as Essential Workers of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Many Connecticut housekeepers say pandemic relief has only come after demands for recognition, if at all.

During the terrifying spring of 2020, as COVID-19 paralyzed the nation and hospitals buckled, Katherine Stearns was on the front lines in Windham Hospital’s emergency room. Stearns works as the lead housekeeper at the hospital. She remembers everything about the early days of the pandemic as “frantic,” from the burning sensation the Purell left on her hands to the patients who went from just fine to intubated in an instant.  “It was scary, like, really scary, to watch that,” said Stea...

Equity with over a fifth of survey respondents saying that their own personal experiences with racial in equality have influenced their career choice. the pandemic also accelerated the demand for remote work availability, made employee well-being a top focus, and has put pressure on, for better compensation. how can these shifts in worker preferences be leveraged to energize people in to the labor movement? >> well, the pandemic deemed everybody essential workers and if were essential, that ween...

I think it is $15 an hour. inflation and all of these things that are happening right now, in this country, its still a problem. a major issue. and i think workers are realizing, and thats why were seeing the boom in the union efforts across the country because they havent been paid and treated as essential workers. and it is important whatever job, whatever industry youre working in, you can do exactly what we did in amazon. unionize your workplace. job security. longer breaks. better medical l...

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