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'Cruel and Bad Economics': Analysis Warns Devastation Will Follow If GOP Cuts Off $600 Unemployment Boost

'Free Handout to Insurance Industry': Trump Administration Tells Insurers They Don't Have to Cover Covid-19 Tests for Workers

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"According to the Trump administration, insurance company profits are more important than the lives of nursing home residents and workers."

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Calling Pandemic a 'Pivotal Moment' to Make Lasting Changes for Families, Economists Demand $50 Billion In Relief for Child Care Industry

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We believe that an effective government response to the child care crisis will...

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'The Loudest Voice We Have': Longshoremen to Shut Down West Coast Ports for Juneteenth

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Workers at APM Terminals on Pier 400 in the Port of Los Angeles were among International Longshore and Warehouse members paying tribute to George Floyd Tuesday, June 9, on the day he was laid to rest.

"A movement requires sacrifice, and that's what we're doing as longshoremen."

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With 'Systemic Violations' of Worker Rights, US Comes in Dead Last in Labor Rankings of Wealthy Nations

Comedian Kristen Wiig playing "Target Lady" in a scene from "Saturday Night Live" on NBC.

'An Unstoppable Movement': Sanders Praises Grassroots After Target Announces $15 Minimum Wage

'It Was a Fake Meat Shortage': Reporting Suggests Industry Sacrificed Workers During Pandemic to Keep Exports Moving

Leading US Retirees 'Like Lambs to the Slaughter,' Trump Labor Dept. Quietly Offers Up 401k Plans to Private Equity

'Huge Victory for LGBTQ Equality' as US Supreme Court Affirms Workplace Protections

Women Across Switzerland Share in 'Mass Scream' to Denounce Wage Inequality and Domestic Violence

It's a Pandemic, But Millionaire Trump Adviser Complains $600-Per-Week Boost in Unemployment Benefits Is Too Generous

On April 16, 2020, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot arrives at Wrigley Field, which was converted to a temporary satellite food packing and distribution center in cooperation with the Lakeville Food Pantry to support ongoing relief efforts underway in the city as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Chicago Mayor Announces $5 Million Fund for City Residents Excluded From Federal Covid-19 Relief

With Joblessness at Highest Level Since Great Depression, Wyden Rips GOP for Acting Like 'Mission Accomplished'

Labor Bureau Says 'Misclassification Error' Is Making Unemployment Rate Look Lower Than It Really Is

'These Unions Dishonor the Labor Movement': Nearly 200 Academics, Lawmakers, and Activists Demand AFL-CIO Expel Police Unions

Economists Warn of Disastrous Consequences as GOP Cites One Positive Jobs Report to Say "We Don't Need" More Relief

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Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Controversial EARN IT Act

Indivisible

Progressive Groups Urge Senate Passage and Strengthening of Moving Forward Act

Institute for Policy Studies

3 Months Into COVID-19 Pandemic: Billionaires Boom as Middle Class Implodes

GLAD

Statement of Mary Bonauto, GLAD Civil Rights Project Director, on Supreme Court LGBTQ Title VII Ruling

Amnesty International - USA

Supreme Court Upholds Equality, Human Rights in LGBTQI Workplace Protections Case

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Historic U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Protects LGBTQ Employees From Sex-Based Discrimination in the Workplace

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Robert Reich

Beware the 21st Century Robber Barons

Jim Hightower

Sacrificing People to Corporate Profit

Chris Oestereich

Pandemic Capitalism

David Bacon

Will the New NAFTA Make the Pandemic Worse for Mexicans?

Sarah Anderson

Shrink Wall Street to Guarantee Good Jobs

Liz Watson

Trump and the GOP Are Sacrificing Working People for Political Gain

Neil deMause

What the Corporate Media Isn't Telling You About the Risks of Reopening

Michael Galant

Why We Need a Global Green New Deal Right Now

Jared Trujillo

Vulnerable LGBTQ+ Sex Workers Targeted Again by Politicians With EARN IT Act

John Buell

Amid Pandemic and BLM Protests, Why Minimum Wage Must be Defended and Expanded