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This Nurse is Leading the Fight for Safer Hospitals

09 Jun, 2020

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09 Jun, 2020

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This Nurse is Leading the Fight for Safer Hospitals

In early January, before most people in the U.S. had even heard of Covid-19, Bonnie Castillo called a meeting with two trusted health care deputies at the country’s largest union of registered nurses.

This Nurse is Leading the Fight for Safer Hospitals

Saunders on Floyd killing: No union contract is a shield for police brutality

09 Jun, 2020

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09 Jun, 2020

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Saunders on Floyd killing: No union contract is a shield for police brutality

As an African American man who lived through the 1960s and now has two sons and three very young grandsons, the specter of systemic racism keeps me up at night.

Saunders on Floyd killing: No union contract is a shield for police brutality

Trumka Discusses the George Floyd Protests and the Broken Justice System

05 Jun, 2020

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05 Jun, 2020

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Trumka Discusses the George Floyd Protests and the Broken Justice System

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discusses the George Floyd protests, police unions and unemployment on "Bloomberg: Balance of Power."

Trumka Discusses the George Floyd Protests and the Broken Justice System

Minority Workers See Highest Levels of Unemployment from COVID-19 Crisis

05 Jun, 2020

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05 Jun, 2020

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Minority Workers See Highest Levels of Unemployment from COVID-19 Crisis

NPR's David Greene talks to NPR's Scott Horsley and William Spriggs, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, about the pandemic's effect on joblessness — especially on minority employees. SPRIGGS: Well, in this case, it's, for the Hispanic community, the industries in which they dominate.

Minority Workers See Highest Levels of Unemployment from COVID-19 Crisis

Trumka, Other Labor Leaders, Commit Unions to the Fight Against Racism

04 Jun, 2020

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04 Jun, 2020

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Trumka, Other Labor Leaders, Commit Unions to the Fight Against Racism

Declaring that working people are saying, “We’ve had enough,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said unions will continue the fight to root out systemic racism in the U.S.

Trumka, Other Labor Leaders, Commit Unions to the Fight Against Racism

Trump, Congress Face Huge Economic Decisions Over Aid as Country Is Rocked by Protests

02 Jun, 2020

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02 Jun, 2020

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Trump, Congress Face Huge Economic Decisions Over Aid as Country Is Rocked by Protests

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka argued that the GOP’s reluctance to act quickly on another expansive relief bill would become unsustainable. “The pressure is building on them.

Trump, Congress Face Huge Economic Decisions Over Aid as Country Is Rocked by Protests