Tag: afl-cio
Thousands Die, Millions Injured on the Job, and No Businesses Prosecuted
Bill Black describes how OSHA’s few underfunded inspectors can’t do their jobs, and prosecutors don’t prosecute businesses for non-compliance Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
AFL-CIO Budget Declares Organizing Unimportant
A leaked copy of the budget for largest labor federation in America drops funds for organizing from 30 percent to less than 10 percent. Union activist and scholar Bill Fletcher, Jr. analyzes its impact Subscribe…
Women and African Americans Hit Hardest by Declining Jobs
Women and African Americans dropped out of the labor market offsetting the number of people who claimed that they were unemployed. Women and African Americans are giving up on finding a job, as wages remain…
Is Medicare for All Bad for Union-Negotiated Healthcare?
The argument that Medicare for All will hurt workers because it abolishes hard-earned healthcare benefits of unionized workers has repeatedly been used against Sanders and Warren. But does the criticism have any basis? Subscribe to…
Why 2021 could be the year labor STRIKES BACK
With a new Democratic administration in place and so many union contracts about to expire, 2021 could be a major turning point in the labor movement. In this segment of “The Marc Steiner Show,” Marc…
