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Verizon's union workers face a changing landscape

by Nova Safo
Apr 12, 2016
The unions represent workers in the wireline business, which is shrinking.
Thirty-six thousand Verizon employees are preparing to strike tomorrow in an attempt protect well-paying wireline service jobs. 
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Why the SEIU is doubling down on the fight for $15

by Lizzie O'Leary
Apr 8, 2016
Despite recent struggles, organized labor might have a win in the minimum wage fight.
Service Employees International Union memberS celebrates after California Governor Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation SB 3 into law on April 4, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. The law makes California the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour statewide.  
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New rule will require companies to disclose anti-union spending

by Gigi Douban
Mar 23, 2016
Companies can spend hundreds of thousands on anti-union consultants
The Department of Labor is cracking down on anti-union efforts.
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Duke adjunct faculty joins growing movement to unionize

by Mark Garrison
Mar 21, 2016
Will joining employment unions help non-tenured faculty members?
The Perkins Library at Duke University. 
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At long last, union workers at GM get a raise

by Scott Tong
Oct 27, 2015
A new UAW contract will give some GM workers their first raise in about a decade.
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The financial backdrop to Postal Service union talks

by Annie Baxter
May 27, 2015
It's bleak.
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A fight over how quickly workers can unionize

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 5, 2015
The Senate voted to block a new rule that would speed up unionization votes.
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As unions decline, dockworkers still have clout

by Ben Bergman
Feb 23, 2015
Their union has the power to shut down all 29 ports on the West Coast.
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The cost of fast food meals calculated in worker wages

by Krissy Clark
May 15, 2014
The push for raising fast food worker wages has gone global.
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The struggles to unionize workers in Bangladesh

by David Brancaccio
May 7, 2014
Labor unions in Bangladesh continue to struggle for expanded worker rights.
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