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On February 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote on a proposal that would allow internet service providers to charge higher premiums for select content and slow down your internet connection. Tell your House and Senate members to support Net Neutrality. The proposal allows for the creation of, at the very least,
Read moreRepublicans in Congress are employing a rarely-used Senate rule to halt new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulations aimed at speeding up and modernizing union representation elections. The GOP joint disapproval resolution will likely pass the Republican-controlled House and Senate, but President Obama is expected to use his veto pen when it reaches his desk.
Read moreThe biggest Wall Street banks don’t want you to know how much they pay their top executives to take government jobs, and they’re pleading with the Securities and Exchange Commission to let them keep it a secret. In an op-ed to The Wall Street Journal, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka helped sound the alarm on the
Read moreIAM Organizing Director Don Barker talks about the ongoing Boeing campaign in South Carolina during a one-on-one interview with the Machinists News Network. Workers at Boeing in North Charleston, SC should not have to deal with harassment and intimidation when it comes to joining a union. They should be able to decide for themselves, said
Read moreIllinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner wasted no time joining a growing gang of right-wing governors who attack the rights of workers. Less than a month after the private equity CEO took office, Rauner took executive action to block public employee unions from collecting fair share fees from workers. More than
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