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Putting Profits Over People': Unions Warn New COVID-19 Guidance From Trump CDC Endangers Frontline Workers

13 Apr, 2020

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13 Apr, 2020

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Putting Profits Over People': Unions Warn New COVID-19 Guidance From Trump CDC Endangers Frontline Workers

"Once again the CDC is putting profits over people with its latest recommendations that downgrade worker protections at a time when they are needed most," said Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.

Putting Profits Over People': Unions Warn New COVID-19 Guidance From Trump CDC Endangers Frontline Workers

The New Front-Line Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers

27 Mar, 2020

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27 Mar, 2020

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The New Front-Line Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers

Much of the American workplace has shut down, sending millions of employees home to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.

The New Front-Line Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers

It’s Time for A Higher Minimum Wage in North Carolina

27 Feb, 2020

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27 Feb, 2020

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It’s Time for A Higher Minimum Wage in North Carolina

North Carolina workers need a raise.

It’s Time for A Higher Minimum Wage in North Carolina

Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

24 Feb, 2020

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24 Feb, 2020

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Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.”  Has he kept this promise?

Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

Some Striking Numbers

18 Feb, 2020

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18 Feb, 2020

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Some Striking Numbers

Today, strikes are back—among teachers, hotel workers, auto workers, supermarket employees, and disconsolate Google-ites, among others.

Some Striking Numbers

Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

10 Feb, 2020

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10 Feb, 2020

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Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

President Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday that includes a familiar list of deep cuts to student loan assistance, affordable housing efforts, food stamps and Medicaid, reflecting Mr. Trump’s election-year effort to continue shrinking the federal safety net.

Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense