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SAG-AFTRA Launches 'Four Pillars of Change' Sexual Harassment Initiative

At its recent bi-coastal meeting, the SAG-AFTRA National Board of Directors unanimously approved a Code of Conduct on Sexual Harassment to Advance Equity, which is part of a program to combat harassment and strive toward workplace equity called the Four Pillars of Change, according to an
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SAG-AFTRA Launches 'Four Pillars of Change' Sexual Harassment Initiative
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The Future of Organized Labor is in the Supreme Court's Hands

The U.S. Supreme Court soon will be the stage of one of the most consequential fights in the history of the American worker. Anyone concerned with the future of middle-class jobs in our nation deserves to get the facts. Rather than sifting through the complexities of this legal battle, the goal of
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The Future of Organized Labor is in the Supreme Court's Hands
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German Union's Big Win Shows U.S. Labor the Path Forward

Last week the German metalworkers’ union, IG Metall, arguably one of the world’s most powerful unions, showed that unions have the power to shape their future workplaces. IG Metall negotiated a precedent-setting collective-bargaining agreement that privileges working conditions over wages. It won
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German Union's Big Win Shows U.S. Labor the Path Forward
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Labor Chiefs Make Their Pitch To CEOs Studying Connecticut's Competitiveness

Organized labor finally got its chance to be heard in the debate about how Connecticut can do a better job competing for business and improving its crisis-prone state finances. Leaders of unions representing teachers and public employees and the president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO on Friday got
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Labor Chiefs Make Their Pitch To CEOs Studying Connecticut's Competitiveness
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On NAFTA Talks, Glimmers of Hope, But Sides Are Still Far Apart

President Trump's chief trade official Monday offered a modicum of optimism about the ongoing talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, even as he shot down two key Canadian proposals and blasted a recent trade action by Canada as a "massive attack on all of our trade laws." The mixed
Read More > On NAFTA Talks, Glimmers of Hope, But Sides Are Still Far Apart
On NAFTA Talks, Glimmers of Hope, But Sides Are Still Far Apart
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