A bipartisan bill now in Congress would legalize undocumented agricultural workers—but also bring in wage-depressing foreign contract workers with no rights.
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Killing NAFTA Softly
Despite continual rumors that a deal on the update to the North American trade agreement is imminent, House Democrats and Trump are far apart.
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A Fair Labor Market for Food-Chain Workers
Agricultural interests exploit a vulnerable and often undocumented workforce, and collude to tamp down wages. Reforming these labor markets is essential.
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Divided Auto Workers Vote to Accept GM Contract
Rank-and-file members of the UAW approve the agreement, but with major opposition from workers whose plants may yet be closed.
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‘Why We Wear Red on Thursdays’
Unlike other unions over the last 30 years, CWA has continued to strike—and continued to win. Their enduring preparedness starts with something as simple as wearing red.
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Threatening to Disrupt, D.C. Janitors Win Better Working Conditions
The victory sets a standard that their union hopes to match as contracts expire up and down the East Coast.
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Sanders and Warren Take Aim at Taft-Hartley
Both candidates favor repealing much of the law that slammed the brakes on unions’ growth.
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Where Are the Workers When We Talk About the Future of Work?
CEOs, Silicon Valley investors, and techno-academics talk to themselves about new technologies, but workers must have a say in these debates as well.
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Chicago Teachers and Staff Walk Out for Community Needs
The strike has put 1 percent of the city’s workforce on the picket lines, and they want more than higher pay and smaller class sizes—they want a better life for their communities.
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Will the UAW Vote Down the GM Contract?
A mixed tentative agreement with no guarantees against outsourcing has some workers vowing to fight on rather than ratify the pact.
