The United States Trade Representative released the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership today, one month after negotiators finalized the massive 12-nation pact in Atlanta. The release kicks off a 90-day window before President Obama can sign the deal and turn it over to Congress for approval. In a statement released today on Medium, Obama […]
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The Labor Prospect: Election Hangover
Depressing news at the ballot box, more companies ditch on-call scheduling, and Clinton talks union rights.Â
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Judge Issues Restraining Order After an L.A. Charter Network Interfered with Teachers Union Drive
Drama has escalated for teachers organizing at the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, the largest charter network in Los Angeles. Since the teachers, organizing with United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), first went public with their union drive in March, they allege the administration has erected illegal barriers to organizing, including intimidating their employees. (Alliance denies these […]
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Who’s Behind Friedrichs?
The right-wing one-percenters who are funding a mega-attack on unions
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The Labor Prospect: Labor Relations, 2015 Style
Guestworkers are held hostage by employers, SunTrust asks laid-off IT workers to work without pay to receive severance, and cities and states fight for higher minimum wage.
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The Labor Prospect: Viva Las Vegas?
Las Vegas unions reel from a right-wing onslaught, grad students nationwide fight to unionize, and the $15 minimum gains momentum in California.Â
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Why Democrats Need Both Clinton and Sanders
Liberalism advances only when radicalism is bubbling.
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Why Democrats Need Both Clinton and Sanders
Liberalism advances only when radicalism is bubbling.
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The Labor Prospect: Dems Debate
Democrats talk trade and paid leave, California tackles wage theft, and why $15 an hour may no longer be enough.Â
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Searching for Worker Voices at the White House
A recent labor summit highlighted the administration’s uneven record on workers’ rights. Â
