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Actors' and Stage Managers' Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines

29 Jan, 2021

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29 Jan, 2021

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Actors' and Stage Managers' Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines

Joining its sibling union IATSE, Actors' Equity Association announced its commitment to providing resources from a shuttered theatre industry towards vaccinating the population— including union members.

Actors' and Stage Managers' Union Pledge to Help Distribute Vaccines

UWUA Family Member Pursuing Master of Public Health; Union Plus Scholarship Deadline This Weekend

28 Jan, 2021

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28 Jan, 2021

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UWUA Family Member Pursuing Master of Public Health; Union Plus Scholarship Deadline This Weekend

The 2021 Union Plus Scholarship application deadline is this Sunday, Jan. 31.

UWUA Family Member Pursuing Master of Public Health; Union Plus Scholarship Deadline This Weekend

Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

27 Jan, 2021

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27 Jan, 2021

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Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

According to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, its Rooney Rule proposal is “clearly workable” as evidenced by other big companies that have adopted similar policies.

Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’

What Biden and Congress can do to support unions

26 Jan, 2021

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26 Jan, 2021

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What Biden and Congress can do to support unions

In the last Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the US House of Representatives passed the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression by creating a much fairer process for forming a union. It is called the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act.

What Biden and Congress can do to support unions

Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

25 Jan, 2021

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25 Jan, 2021

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Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

The largest, most viable effort to unionize Amazon in many years began last summer not in a union stronghold like New York or Michigan, but at a Fairfield Inn outside of Birmingham, in the right-to-work state of Alabama.

Amazon Union Drive Takes Hold in Unlikely Place

Biden's 'Buy American' Manufacturing Order Called 'Good First Step' by Labor

25 Jan, 2021

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25 Jan, 2021

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Biden's 'Buy American' Manufacturing Order Called 'Good First Step' by Labor

“This executive order will close loopholes that allow agencies to sidestep Buy American requirements and increase the thresholds for domestic content,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a statement. “This order is a good first step in revitalizing U.S.

Biden's 'Buy American' Manufacturing Order Called 'Good First Step' by Labor