🌎 Discussion: Labor, Unions, and Workers' Rights

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If Musk can make up his own department, so can workers, says AFL-CIO

WASHINGTON—In light-hearted, but serious, razzing of Donald Trump and his puppeteer, multibillionaire Elon Musk, the AFL-CIO launched a new department, whimsically named the “Department Of People Who Work For A Living.

www.peoplesworld.org

 

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Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

The Thomson Reuters decision has big implications for the battle between generative AI companies and rights holders.

www.wired.com

 

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Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, but paid them a fraction of US workers, sources say

At company owned by a Trump mega-donor, workers brought from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hour

www.theguardian.com

 

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Unions lose bid to stop massive Trump federal buyout plan

BOSTON—A coalition of unions, led by the Government Employees (AFGE) has apparently lost its bid to halt the Republican Donald Trump regime’s “buyout” ultimatum aimed at 2.4 million federal workers. U.S.

www.peoplesworld.org

 

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Another well qualified choice!

 

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Utah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public Workers

Utah joined two other states in prohibiting collective bargaining for teachers, police officers and other public employees in a move that was seen as a possible blow to the country’s labor movement.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault

President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

www.theguardian.com

 

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Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault

President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

www.theguardian.com

He has never been for the worker. He proved that by being so anti union.

 

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Trump's Labor Department pick has union support. Worker advocates wonder how much power she'd have

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor has been hailed by union heads as pro-labor.

apnews.com

 

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No, he's not within his right. Nobody elected this idiot.

 

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Michigan Governor Accused of 'Wage Theft' for Signing Tipped Minimum Wage Legislation | Common Dreams

"Once again, Democrats have thrown working people under the bus, this time in Michigan," said one critic.

www.commondreams.org

 

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Federal Worker Unions Answer Musk's 'What Did You Do Last Week?' Threat With Lawsuit

President Donald Trump called the threatening email “genius,” but some federal agencies have instructed employees not to respond.

www.huffpost.com

 

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