Scabby the Rat wins in Federal Court

Federal Judge Overrules Trump’s NLRB, Says Use Of Inflatable Rat Is Protected By 1st Amendment

Executive Pay Watch: Rich CEOs get richer, unlike the rest of us

In 2018, CEOs of S&P 500 companies made, on average, $14.5 million, a $500,000 increase from the previous year, according to the latest AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report. Compare that to the average rank-and-file worker who received barely more than a $1,000 raise, bringing total take-home pay in 2018 to $39,888.

Don’t buy the fear-mongering regarding Social Security

Senators Want Answers from VW about Union-Busting

The automaker is holding captive audience meetings, while claiming to stay neutral in the union election

What’s the Trump Scorecard on Workers’ Right? A Big, Fat “F”

Donald Trump has been a disaster of a president in many ways. Women’s rights. Foreign affairs. Corruption. Scandal. We could go on and on. But how’s he doing on workers’ rights? Remember, he talked a big game about being pro-worker. Just like everything else, Trump was all talk when it came to protecting workers. As a new editorial in the NY Times lays out, he’s finding every way under the sun to screw working people.

Baltimore Teachers Unseat Incumbents, Who Demand a Do-Over

What happens when new leaders run for office and beat an eight-term incumbent? In the Baltimore Teachers Union, it seems, the incumbent tries for a second bite at the apple.

Making sense of NAFTA and its replacement

Raises and Bonuses Aren't Enough

‘Come back home’: Gavin Newsom cites Alabama abortion ban to recapture the film industry

Gov. Gavin Newsom is citing recent abortion bans in conservative states to argue that film companies should take their productions out of the South and back to California.

Could Teacher Strikes Set Off a Private Sector Strike Wave?

In the spring of 2018, teachers across West Virginia improbably shut down schools statewide, creating a political crisis that forced Republican Gov. Jim Justice and the GOP-led legislature to back down.

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