Labor unions
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Secretly Group: Workers at Indie-Music Company Begin Efforts to Unionize
"Our enthusiasm for the culture in which we work can lead to exploitation in ways endemic to the creative industries: poor wages, inadequate benefits ... and an absence of initiatives that address systemic race and gender inequality," employees write in open letter
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Black Athletes Are Not Just Here to Entertain You
Four years to the day after Colin Kaepernick first took a knee for civil rights, Milwaukee Bucks players led a historic strike to protest police violence and systemic racism
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The Music Industry Was Built on Racism. Changing It Will Take More Than Donations
On Tuesday, the major labels protested police brutality with a "blackout." Executives and artists say industry-wide racial equality is still a long way away
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General Electric Workers Want to Build Medical Equipment to Fight Coronavirus. Management Is Standing in the Way
The workers want the company to protect their lives — and to make medical equipment to protect yours
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Chicago Teachers Union Reaches Deal to End 11-Day Strike
"It’s not a day for photo ops and victory laps.”
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Trump's New Labor Secretary Is Pretty Skilled at Hurting Laborers
His top hits include arguing UPS workers should pay for their own protective gear and that Sea World didn’t mess up when one its trainers got killed by an Orca
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How Teens on TikTok Drew National Attention to a Teachers' Labor Issue
After a 16-year-old's TikTok brought national attention to the threat of a teachers' strike in Clark County, Nevada, the school district and the union came to an agreement
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Takes On Barstool Sports Founder
Portnoy caught the progressive lawmaker's attention by threatening to fire any employee seeking information about unions.
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Upcoming Supreme Court Cases That Could Change History
Many liberals are nervous about the upcoming Supreme Court term – and they should be
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America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words
"Scott Walker is a national disgrace," reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement
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