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The former football star made the comments this week in an exclusive wide-ranging conversation with the Buffalo News, his first substantial interview in a decade.
The former football star made the comments this week in an exclusive wide-ranging conversation with the Buffalo News, his first substantial interview in a decade.
A Broadway production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will go on this year despite the lawsuit, the producer's attorney said.
A Broadway production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will go on this year despite the lawsuit, the producer's attorney said.
A Broadway production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will go on this year despite the lawsuit, the producer's attorney said.
Four travelers have died from the virus. Even areas near big cities are affected.
The Path to Power: The Working People Weekly List
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Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly List.
Victory in Pennsylvania Shows Path to Power Is Through the Labor Movement: "Democrat Conor Lamb won a close special election for Congress in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a massive turnaround in a district that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump won in 2016 by 20%. Rep.-elect Lamb embraced working people and stood up for the issues that are important to us, and we helped propel him to victory."
Local Union Leaders in the Midwest Strategize to Win in 2018 and Beyond: "'We are the only ones who can deliver the massive economic and social change working people are hungry for,' said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) to more than 300 union leaders gathered in Chicago this week. Local union leaders from state federations, labor councils and affiliate unions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota joined together for the AFL-CIO...
Strengthening Working People's Power: AFL-CIO Holds Southwest District Meeting
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The fifth AFL-CIO District Meeting of the year kicked off in Las Vegas with a discussion about the potential for growing power for working people in the Southwest. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler gave the crowd of nearly 300 union leaders and activists one number to think about: 8.8 million.
That’s the number of immigrants eligible to get naturalized and on the path to citizenship.
Shuler explained: "That could mean 8.8 million workers empowered to exercise their rights on the job because they have the ultimate protection from deportation. 8.8 million new voters. And 8.8 million families that are more stable and secure."
The Southwest District states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas are home to approximately 1.5 million working people who are eligible for citizenship today. The labor movement in the Southwest is actively organizing union members to pursue naturalization. This will strengthen worker power to gain concrete protections on the job, expand and diversify the electorate, and help win the...
At least six people were killed when the 950-ton pedestrian bridge near Florida International University's campus came down on Thursday afternoon.
At least six people were killed when the 950-ton pedestrian bridge near Florida International University's campus came down on Thursday afternoon.
