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To a number to pass it in the senate and that is something were working on along with minimum wage. you cant force a vote or cant force something if you dont have the votes for it, and right now were working on it, the president has been clear on that issue of the pro-act and making sure that that passes to give people an opportunity if they want to join the union begin joined the union without people using tactics against them. and the president appointed a task force, she and i the vice presid...

Jacobin magazine: Promoting the unions while ignoring the class struggle Since the start of the year, workers throughout the United States have been engaged in a series of significant class struggles that reflect the growth of anger and opposition throughout the country. Workers are fighting back against the ferocious austerity measures of the ruling elite that have followed the massive handout to the corporate and financial elite in the midst of the pandemic. Sections of nurses, autoworkers, s...

New York bill would give gig workers path to unionize but at steep price, opponents say, as bill wouldn’t define them as employees

The PRO Act is a solution in search of a problem. Independent workers and freelancers are not asking to be full-time employees. When they were reclassified as

Labor unions could see a huge boost in revenues estimated at $9.3 billion in dues from workers if ...

Monday, May 24, 2021 President Joe Biden was sworn into office on January 20, 2021. In just the first 100 days, the Biden Administration has begun its return to more labor-friendly policies, rules, and decisions, similar to those issued under the Obama Administration. For example, on Day 1, immediately upon taking office, President Biden demanded that Trump-appointed National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb resign from his post, and then summarily terminated him whe...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Shuler, Levin: Pro Act would have stopped Amazon’s tactics at Bessemer May 21, 2021 9:41 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Liz Shuler, the AFL-CIO’s Secretary Treasurer, explained how labor and its allies were able to shift Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent, away from opposition ...

Although unions---like a hitchhiker---were along for the ride, they were not the driving force that built the middle class.

Key policy priorities for the retail industry.

TUCSON, Ariz.—Frustrated with their two Democratic Senators’ refusal, so far, to abolish the Senate filibuster rule, Arizonans have been mobilizing in a campaign of pressure from below by the people who put them in office. Sens.