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Wildlife advocates were critical of the timing of the decision, which applies to Zimbabwe, a country currently in political upheaval.
Democrats and Republicans have sharply different views on issues surrounding gender identity, a new Pew Research Center study found.
Democrats and Republicans have sharply different views on issues surrounding gender identity, a new Pew Research Center study found.
Democrats and Republicans have sharply different views on issues surrounding gender identity, a new Pew Research Center study found.
Working People Stand Up to Nabisco's Outsourcing on National Day of Action
AFL-CIO
Yesterday, at more than 100 big-box stores across the United States, working families and activists leafleted with Nabisco workers to urge consumers to boycott Nabisco snacks like Oreo, Ritz Crackers and Chips Ahoy that are made in Mexico! Nabisco and parent corporation Mondelēz International continue to outsource hundreds of good, middle-class jobs and exploit working families across borders and oceans for reportedly around $1 per hour with little to no benefits.
Working people like Anthony Jackson illustrate the human impact of the decisions made by Nabisco and Mondelēz:
“This was going to be my career,” said 41-year-old Anthony Jackson. In 2011 Jackson, a Navy veteran, was hired to operate the machine that blends sugar and oil to make the sticky sweet white Oreo icing that Americans of all ages love.
On Veterans Day this year, Jackson demanded that Nabisco/Mondelez “do the right thing” and restore the hundreds of jobs his fellow workers lost when the company made the decision to outsource production. Jackson said that among...
The embattled head of Puerto Rico's power utility resigned on Friday, the latest controversy to hit the island as it struggles to recover.
Prominent civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he announced Friday.
The Joy of Winning Your First Union Contract: Worker Wins
CNA
Our latest roundup of worker wins begins with a growing wave of nurses organizing in California and includes numerous examples of workers organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
Vote at Barton Memorial Continues String of Organizing Success for California Nurses: RNs at Barton Memorial and Lake Tahoe Surgery Center in South Lake Tahoe, California, voted to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU). More than 87% of eligible nurses voted to join CNA. The 200 RNs at Barton are part of 3,000 caregivers who have joined CNA this year in 10 union elections.
Flight Attendants at ATI Ratify First Contract: Flight attendants at Air Transport International approved their first contract with 65% of the vote. The flight attendants, who are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), will see immediate pay raises and defined schedule and work rules.
First Contract Secured for IBEW Members at NAES: For the first time in 26 years, the NAES Co-Generation plant in Linden, New Jersey, has secured...
Rob Goldstone, the music publicist who contacted Donald Trump Jr. and helped set up a 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians, is willing to talk to Mueller.
A brain scan showed CTE in ex-NFL player Fred McNeill before he died
