US unions
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Dell dumps cleaners after they secure better pay and job conditionsUnionized workers negotiated contract that ensured they would be paid at least $15 per hour and included protections against sexual harassment
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Verizon strike ends as tentative deal promises 'big gains' for workersWireless company to write up agreement for 40,000 workers to ratify after 44 days of strikes that ‘affirmed the power of working people’, union president said
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US unions plan attack on Donald Trump in attempt to derail presidential bidConcerned labor group leaders are organizing ad campaigns and phone banks as Trump’s populist message on trade and jobs draws in union voters
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'Uber got off really lightly': drivers' union hopes dashed by two big setbacksAs a lawsuit against the company was settled, a lawmaker said she would suspend a push for collective bargaining among independent contractors
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Labour’s ban on McDonald’s is no snobbery, it’s crucial support for its staffLabour’s refusal to allow the fast food giant to take a stall at the party’s conference is a principled stand for a true living wage and basic employment rights
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Uber reaches $100m settlement in fight with drivers, who will stay contractorsRide-hailing service will settle a class-action suit with drivers in California and Massachusetts, avoiding a trial that could have reclassified them as employees
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Conservatives vow to ask supreme court to rehear deadlocked union caseLabor leaders acknowledged that impending union cases and appointment of justice to replace Antonin Scalia could upset 4-4 tie in favour of mandatory fees
Donald Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric is textbook hypocrisy