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29 Jan, 2021

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29 Jan, 2021

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Biden Moves Quickly to Show Union Workers That Democrats Care

Major labor leaders like Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, are more optimistic about the prospects for organized labor than they’ve been in many years. “I know what he is.

Biden Moves Quickly to Show Union Workers That Democrats Care

28 Jan, 2021

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28 Jan, 2021

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UWUA Family Member Pursuing Master of Public Health; Union Plus Scholarship Deadline This Weekend

The 2021 Union Plus Scholarship application deadline is this Sunday, Jan. 31.

UWUA Family Member Pursuing Master of Public Health; Union Plus Scholarship Deadline This Weekend

27 Jan, 2021

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27 Jan, 2021

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Amazon Seeks to Block Proposal Calling for Greater Diversity in Hiring

Amazon has asked federal regulators to block a shareholder proposal from the AFL-CIO that would require the company to consider qualified women and non-white candidates for open positions in all roles.

Amazon Seeks to Block Proposal Calling for Greater Diversity in Hiring

27 Jan, 2021

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27 Jan, 2021

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Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

According to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, its Rooney Rule proposal is “clearly workable” as evidenced by other big companies that have adopted similar policies.

Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

26 Jan, 2021

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26 Jan, 2021

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What Biden and Congress can do to support unions

In the last Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the US House of Representatives passed the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression by creating a much fairer process for forming a union. It is called the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act.

What Biden and Congress can do to support unions

25 Jan, 2021

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25 Jan, 2021

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Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

The largest, most viable effort to unionize Amazon in many years began last summer not in a union stronghold like New York or Michigan, but at a Fairfield Inn outside of Birmingham, in the right-to-work state of Alabama.

Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place