Driverless Trucks Could Cost 4.4 Million Jobs By 2030

Are you ready for sharing the road driverless freight trucks? A new report from the International Transport Forum says the technology is coming and it could cost 4.4 million trucking jobs by 2030.

California Low-Wage Workers Lose $2B A Year To Wage Theft

The Economic Policy Institute says California low-wage workers lose $2 billion a year to employer wage theft. That's how much it costs minimum wage workers when employers violate minimum wage and overtime laws. On average, EPI says, workers who should be getting the minimum wage are losing $64 a week - roughly $3300 a year.

OPEIU Hauls Menards Stands Before A Judge For First Time On Federal Labor Law Violations

Menard's - the midwest home improvement chain owned by billionaire Scott Walker supporter John Menard - is on trial for breaking federal labor law. The National Labor Relations Board trial starts Wednesday in Minneapolis. Menard's is accused of mis-classifying truckers as independent contractors rather than employees to avoid granting the workers labor law protections and rights. OPEIU's Seth Goldstein brought the case.

Workers Battle Concessions, Legislative Attacks - 'This Is Not Connecticut, It's Arkansas'

Connecticut public workers are facing demands from Democrat Governor Dan Malloy for $700 million in concessions. At the same time public worker unions there are contending with dozens of anti-union bills from Republicans in the state legislature. Here's Lori Pelletier, President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, speaking at a legislative hearing about the attack on collective bargaining and unions in one of America's richest states.

Youngstown Education Association Defends Public Schools, Unions Against Nationwide Attack

The Youngstown Education Association (YEA) is mobilizing to defend public education in the face of an Ohio law putting a CEO is charge of public schools.

Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump Budget Director For Serving The Billionaire Class

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders pulled no punches in a recent hearing blasting Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney for a budget that takes massive amounts of money from programs serving the poor in order to give to the rich.

Obamacare Repeal Would Hurt Effort To Treat Opioid Addiction

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined five other Democratic U.S. Senators Tuesday to warn that repealing the Affordable Care Act would hurt the effort to fight America's opioid addiction epidemic.

Union Says Senate Bill Opens VA Workers To Political Witch-Hunts

The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) says if the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 1094) is passed in the U.S. Senate it will open VA workers to political with-hunts.

Trump VA 'Firing Bill' Undermines Union Worker Grievance Protections

A Trump backed VA bill making it easier to fire VA workers is being spun by the GOP as real accountability for the Veterans Administration.

Former Utah U.S. Attorney: Sessions Order Increases Criminal Justice Racial Inequality

"Let's be smart on crime, because just being tough on crime isn't always the right decision."

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