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Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

23 May, 2018

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Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

CEO pay for major companies in the United States rose nearly 6% in the past year, as income inequality and the outsourcing of good-paying American jobs have increased. According to the new AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, the average CEO of an S&P 500 Index company made $13.94 million in 2017—361 times more money than the average U.S. rank-and-file worker.

Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration

22 May, 2018

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22 May, 2018

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Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration

An ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that companies may require workers to settle employment disputes through individual arbitration rather than joining to press their complaints, a decision affecting as many as 25 million workers.

Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration

New #CountMeIn Vid Features Rank and File

New #CountMeIn Vid Features Rank and File

18 May, 2018

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New #CountMeIn Vid Features Rank and File

Check out new video of the Building Trades April 4th #CountMeIn rally! https://vimeo.com/263570284

New #CountMeIn Vid Features Rank and File

Farmworkers Call for a Boycott of VUSE E-Cigarettes

18 May, 2018

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18 May, 2018

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Farmworkers Call for a Boycott of VUSE E-Cigarettes

From April 9-20, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO (FLOC) launched a boycott of Reynolds American Inc.

Farmworkers Call for a Boycott of VUSE E-Cigarettes

Let’s Deliver the Mail, Not Myths

15 May, 2018

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15 May, 2018

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Let’s Deliver the Mail, Not Myths

President Trump’s attention of late has been focused in part on the United States Postal Service and Amazon, resulting in a new executive order calling for an evaluation of USPS fina

Let’s Deliver the Mail, Not Myths

Rebuilding Schools, Bridges—and Lives

15 May, 2018

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15 May, 2018

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Rebuilding Schools, Bridges—and Lives

It only takes a moment talking to Emily Galvin, an apprentice with Ironworkers Local 7 in Boston, to grasp how her first year learning the skilled trades has transformed her life. For one, she has a fresh understanding of the anatomy of a city—of roads, bridges and buildings.

Rebuilding Schools, Bridges—and Lives