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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Tekiah Elzey is using Coworker.org to petition for hazard pay to be restored at the New Seasons Market where she works in Portland, Ore.
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    Power Of The Petition: Nonprofit Helps Front-Line Workers Fight For Their Rights

    Oct 14, 2020
    Eight out of every nine American workers don't have a union to represent them in workplace disputes. A nonprofit website is helping push for better wages and working conditions amid the pandemic.
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    Goats and Soda
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    Why Are Health-Care Providers Slapping And Yelling At Mothers During Childbirth?

    Oct 14, 2019
    Physical and verbal abuse are a shockingly common experience for mothers, a new study in The Lancet reports.
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    KNPR's State of Nevada
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    Dem Candidate Buttigieg Stresses Climate Change, Civil Rights

    Feb 21, 2020

    Many question whether the U.S. is ready to elect a gay president.

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    MGM Resorts To Lay Off 1,000; Wynn Gets Another Multimillion Dollar Fine

    May 01, 2019

    Nevada’s economy is healthy. Its unemployment rate is above the national average.

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    Harry Reid And John Boehner Talk Politics At UNLV's Labor Symposium

    Apr 24, 2019

    Harry Reid and John Boehner are unlikely co-headliners. But they shared the stage yesterday at the Bellagio.

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    Asia
    An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. works at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to decontaminate the area after the 2011 nuclear meltdown. A Vietnamese laborer in Japan on a training program says he was also put to work cleaning up the si
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    As Japan Tries Out Immigration, Migrant Workers Complain Of Exploitation

    Jan 15, 2019
    A Vietnamese laborer tells NPR he was led to believe he would learn construction work but ended up cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear site. Migrant advocates say Japan needs to overhaul the program.
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    Politics

    Judge Invalidates Key Parts Of Trump's Executive Orders On Unions

    Aug 25, 2018
    A ruling by a federal judge late Friday was seen as a victory for public-sector unions.
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    A labor legend on the state of unions

    May 21, 2018

    Dolores Huerta, labor organizer, is the subject of a new documentary produced by Carlos Santana.

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    The Two-Way
    South Korea's parliament has shortened the maximum workweek amid the country's low birth and productivity rates. Workers are seen here at a factory in Ansan, South Korea, in 2015.
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    South Korea Shortens 'Inhumanely Long' Workweek

    Mar 01, 2018
    "It is impossible to lead a happy life when long hours and overexertion become routine," President Moon Jae-in said recently. The country has one of the world's lowest birth rates.
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    Around the Nation
    Chavez speaks to striking telephone workers outside the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company headquarters in Boston on Oct. 13, 1989.
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    Cesar Chavez: The Life Behind A Legacy Of Farm Labor Rights

    Aug 12, 2016
    From his earliest days picking peas to improving wages and working conditions as a union leader, Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to giving voice to the exploited men and women who grow America's food.
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    Clock Ticking Down For Stadium Decision

    Jul 11, 2016

    Time is running out for the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee, which is studying proposals to expand the Las Vegas Convention Center and build an NFL-ready domed stadium.

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    The Two-Way
    A riot police officer uses pepper spray Wednesday as unionists protest in Marseille, southeastern France.
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    Protests Escalate In France As Labor Groups Face Off With Government

    May 26, 2016
    French President Francois Hollande wants to loosen the nation's strict labor code. The country's largest union is fiercely opposed.
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    Graduate workers rally in 2014 at Columbia University for the ability to unionize.
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    Are Grad Students Employees? Labor Board To Again Weigh In

    Apr 07, 2016

    It's a labor issue familiar to regulators. For decades, the National Labor Relations Board held that students were not employees, then ruled in favor of students in 2000, then reversed again in 2004.

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    The Salt
    Florida tomato pickers' fight for fair wages and better working conditions became a topic at Wednesday night's Democratic debate in Miami between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
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    Florida Tomato Pickers Become Part Of Democratic Debate

    Mar 10, 2016
    The fight to improve wages and working conditions hit the national stage over the past week, both in a Bernie Sanders campaign video and Wednesday night's debate in Miami.
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    All Tech Considered
    Supporters cheer during a meeting Monday when the Seattle City Council voted to approve a measure that would allow ride-sharing drivers for Uber and other ride services to unionize.
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    Fact Checking Uber On Labor Laws

    Dec 16, 2015
    A law passed by Seattle, which allows Uber and other contract drivers to organize, raises many legal questions. But despite claims by Uber, labor experts say, it has real teeth.
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    American Made: The New Manufacturing Landscape
    Aerospace has long been at the heart of manufacturing in Southern California. Commercial space exploration company SpaceX, formed in 2002, found a home in Hawthorne, in southwestern Los Angeles. SpaceX designs and manufactures most of its spacecraft in t
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    What Gets Made In LA Is Way More Than Movies

    Nov 30, 2015
    The LA area is home to the most manufacturing jobs in the U.S., from clothes to metal parts to new aerospace tech. Companies have reinvented themselves, even as they struggle to find skilled workers.
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    It's All Politics
    Hillary Clinton addressing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, during its National Leadership Conference in 2007.
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    Clinton Scores Key Endorsement From Public-Employee Union

    Oct 23, 2015
    The AFSCME union's backing comes as many labor groups are still waiting to endorse a presidential candidate — and as Clinton is seeing the best stretch of her campaign.
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    Business

    Employee Or Contractor? New U.S. Guidelines Could Reclassify Workers

    Jul 16, 2015

    The Labor Department has suggested standards an employer must meet to consider a worker an independent contractor. Employment lawyers say this will lead to more lawsuits against employers.

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    The Salt
    Flats of blueberries from Sakuma Brothers Farms are seen at Ballard Market in Seattle in 2013.
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    Washington Berry Pickers Push For Elusive Union Contract

    Jun 17, 2015
    Only about 2 percent of farm workers in the county are part of a union, and few have successfully negotiated contracts with farms. Workers at the Sakuma Brothers Farm are trying for both.
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    The Salt
    Hundreds of demonstrators rallied to protest Wal-Mart's labor practices in Hyattsville, Md., in Sept. 2013.
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    When Wal-Mart Comes To Town, What Does It Mean For Workers?

    Apr 02, 2015
    Wal-Mart has long been criticized for low pay and erratic work schedules. So when the retailer arrives in a community, it stirs controversy — but it also brings jobs and low prices.
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    Business
    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker became a Republican political star by taking on his state's public employee unions. This week he signed a bill that would weaken private-sector unions.
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    Targeting Unions: Right-To-Work Movement Bolstered By Wisconsin

    Mar 11, 2015
    This week, Wisconsin joined two dozen other states with laws saying workers can't be forced to join labor unions to keep a job. But as more states move to weaken unions, the unions are fighting back.
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    Around the Nation
    Hundreds of union members rally outside the Capitol in Madison on Tuesday to oppose a Republican-led measure that would make Wisconsin a right-to-work state.
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    Gov. Scott Walker Goes Head-To-Head With Labor Over Right-To-Work

    Feb 26, 2015
    Wisconsin Republicans are fast-tracking a "right to work" bill to Gov. Scott Walker. The law aims to weaken private sector unions by letting employees opt out of paying dues.
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    Around the Nation
    Berth 55 Fish Market and Seafood Deli is in the heart of the Port of Long Beach. Owner Lawrence Maehara says half his customers are port workers, so business is slow.
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    After Tentative Port Deal, Container Ships Still Line The Horizon

    Feb 21, 2015
    Shipping companies and dock workers reached a tentative deal after labor disputes jammed cargo along the West Coast. But at the nation's largest port, you can still see the backlog of container ships.
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    Around the Nation
    A few trucks move along the docks at the Port of Los Angeles on Thursday. Seaports in major West Coast cities that normally are abuzz with the sound of commerce are falling unusually quiet due to an ongoing labor dispute.
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    West Coast Port Closures Are Hitting Several Industries Hard

    Feb 14, 2015
    No cargo will go in or out of 29 West Coast ports this weekend because of a labor dispute that has been dragging on for months. And now the economic impacts of the shutdown are starting to be felt.
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    Business
    Fast-food workers in Los Angeles march in August 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Similar protests around the country have been organized by labor unions.
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    Unions Have Pushed The $15 Minimum Wage, But Few Members Will Benefit

    Feb 10, 2015
    Most union members won't benefit from a higher minimum wage because they already earn far more than that. With membership declining, some union leaders fear collective bargaining is dead.
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