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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

18 Oct, 2021

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18 Oct, 2021

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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Marcial Reyes could have just quit his job. Frustrated with chronic understaffing at the Kaiser Permanente hospital where he works in Southern California, he knows he has options in a region desperate for nurses.

Instead, he voted to go on strike.

Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

18 Oct, 2021

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18 Oct, 2021

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Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a result.

The changing dynamics of the US labor market, which has put employees rather than employers in the driver's seat in a way not seen for decades, is allowing unions to flex their muscle.

Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

Breaking Down the PRO Act

Breaking Down the PRO Act

06 Oct, 2021

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Breaking Down the PRO Act

Recent polling from Data for Progress/Vox shows that 59% of likely voters suppor

Breaking Down the PRO Act

Breaking Down the PRO Act

06 Oct, 2021

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06 Oct, 2021

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Breaking Down the PRO Act

Recent polling from Data for Progress/Vox shows that 59% of likely voters suppor

Breaking Down the PRO Act

Affiliated Members Rally in Support of SEIU Local 1 Janitors

Affiliated Members Rally in Support of SEIU Local 1 Janitors

28 Sep, 2021

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Affiliated Members Rally in Support of SEIU Local 1 Janitors

Affiliated members stood outside the

Affiliated Members Rally in Support of SEIU Local 1 Janitors

20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

23 Sep, 2021

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23 Sep, 2021

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20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

Twenty years ago today, on a Sunday afternoon in Brookwood, Alabama, 32 coal miners descended 2,000 feet below the ground into the Jim Walter Resources Blue Creek No. 5 Mine for a routine maintenance check.

20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety