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Giant and Safeway grocery store workers protest in front of a Safeway Store for fair union contract negotiations on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

One simple trick to protect workers from inflation

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Workers clean graffiti off of an entrance sign to the AFL-CIO headquarters that was vandalized during overnight unrest, June 1, 2020 in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Workers United branch calls on AFL-CIO to expel police unions

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US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Fight over safe reopening is the latest front in “a civil war at the EPA”

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People walk past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Asian stocks were listless Wednesday as investors weighed strong U.S. economic reports against uncertainty as Britain readies a formal request to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (AP)

The coronavirus pandemic has spurred a quiet frenzy of union organizing

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Banner at the Culinary Workers Union (AP Photo/John Locher)

The case for sectoral bargaining is now stronger than ever

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VA workers warn states reopening too soon puts veterans’ lives at risk

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Construction workers get screwed by coronavirus relief bill

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In this Aug. 13, 2014 photo, a man stands in the middle of the Firstkontact Center, a call center in the northern border city of Tijuana, Mexico. Many Mexicans deported under U.S. President Barack Obama are finding employment in call centers in Tijuana and other border cities. In perfect English, some don’t even speak Spanish, they talk to American consumers who buy gadgets and gizmos, have questions about warrantees and complain about overdue deliveries. The call center industry has prospered in Mexican border cities as deportations spiked under U.S. President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio) (AP)

Coronavirus and customer service: Are call center employees “essential workers”?

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Presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden addresses supporters during his election campaign. The US presidential election is set to take place in November 2020. (Preston Ehrler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Never forget: Anti-union attorneys also love Joe Biden

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Giant and Safeway grocery store workers protest in front of a Safeway Store for fair union contract negotiations on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

The next grocery strike is knocking on Safeway and Giant’s door

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Hundreds of union members march in support of IBEW Local 3 (Getty/Drew Angerer)

More than 1,200 IBEW members call on union leadership to retract Biden endorsement

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Following a rally in Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza Park, hundreds of union members march across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of IBEW Local 3 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), September 18, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The longest strike in America needs a political savior

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