The toxic clouds that billowed up from a derailed freight train in Ohio this February are a chilling metaphor for the toxic greed that has infected so many of our big corporations.
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Unions Can Prevent Workplace Disasters
The fight for justice and accountability continues for six Amazon employees who were killed when a warehouse roof collapsed during a tornado last December.
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Rediscovering the Power of Unions
It was called “Striketober.” While politicians in Washington bickered over infrastructure, jobs, and the social safety net, unionized workers across the heartland went on strike to get their fair share directly.
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Employers: If You Want Workers, Pay a Living Wage
The sudden shift from “we love our essential workers” to “they’re living off the government dole” seemingly happened overnight.
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A Strong Economy Needs Care Workers
The pandemic has dramatically exposed the vital role that care workers play in our society. As child care centers and schools closed and nursing homes became COVID-19 hotspots, families have strained to juggle work and other responsibilities while taking care of loved ones.
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End the Subminimum Tipped Wage
If it’s passed by Congress, President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief proposal would do a lot more than fund relief payments and vaccine rollouts. It would also raise the wage floor for all U.S. workers — and give a particularly long overdue raise to restaurant servers, taxi drivers, manicurists, and other tipped workers.