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African-American Summit 2017: Pathways to a Job

 

 

The "Pathways to a Job: 2017 African-American Summit" was hosted by the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council Civil Rights Committee.

Presenters included:

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AFL-CIO, Several Unions Send Volunteers to Puerto Rico

Some 275 volunteers – pilots, mechanics, flight attendants and other workers – took off from Newark International Airport on October 4 on a union-sponsored relief mission to hurricane-smashed Puerto Rico, the AFL-CIO announced.

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Students Work Together to Create Change at Nike

In a powerful illustration of the ability of grassroots activists to challenge corporate power, United Students Against Sweatshops, the nation’s leading student organization focused on issues of worker rights and economic justice, has just scored a crucial victory over the world’s biggest s

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A Tax Plan That Works For the People, Not Wall Street

Working people are tired of hearing how tax giveaways for Wall Street billionaires and corporations will supposedly trickle down to the rest of us.

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Professor Nancy MacLean, Author of Democracy in Chains, to Visit MALC Delegates

Milwaukee Area Labor Council Delegate Meeting

Wednesday, October 4th at 6:30pm

Special Guest:  Professor Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains

About the book:

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A Radical Republican Proposal To Roll Back Worker Protections

Last week, the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on H.R. 3441, the so-called Save Local Business Act -- a bill that has almost nothing to do with saving small and local businesses.

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