International Domestic Workers Federation Seeks Full Labor Rights For 67 Million Domestic Workers

International Domestic Workers Federation President Myrtle Witbooi, speaking on Canada’s Radio Labour, says the 67 million domestic workers in the world deserve full worker rights in their respective nations. Witbooi says the International Domestic Workers Federation is organized and run to be the global voice of domestic workers.

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Wisconsin Gerrymandering case

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case from Wisconsin alleging that state political districts were drawn unconstitutionally by Republicans to illegally benefit Republicans.

Striking IBEW Spectrum Workers: CEO Gets $98M A Year, But No Fair Contract For Workers

Two thousand IBEW Local 3 technicians have been on strike for over nine weeks at Spectrum cable in New York City and New Jersey.

On the New York City picket lines WIN interviewed this striker, who chose not to give his name, about the issues in the strike.

AFT's Randi Weingarten Says Devos Is On Mission To Destroy, Not Save Public Education

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says Trump Education Secretary Betsy Devos is on a mission not to save and improve public education but to essentially destroy it.

China Labor Watch Activists Investigating Factory Supplying Ivanka Trump Still Aren't Free

China Labor Watch says in seventeen years of conducting investigations into working conditions at Chinese factories none of its investigators were detained and arrested - until they investigated the factory that makes Ivanka Trump products.

Pacific Northwest Carpenters Union: Labor Must Oppose Fascist And Racist Activities

When neo-Nazis and fascists held their free speech rally in Portland Oregon just days after two people were brutally murdered trying to defend muslim women from a neo-nazi, the regional Carpenters union knew which side it was on.

AFL-CIO Urging Congress To Invest A Real $1 Trillion In Infrastructure

When it comes to infrastructure smoke and mirrors or twitter BS won't get the job done. It's going to take real money to re-build real concrete and steel roads, bridges, airports and water systems.

America Needs $4.6 Trillion To Fix Infrastructure But Trump Offers Just $200B

AFL-CIO Government Affairs Representative Tom Trotter says the labor federation was hopeful it could work with Trump on at least one thing - a trillion dollar infrastructure investment.

The People's Summit Convenes In Chicago For A 'People's Agenda'

The People's Summit convenes in Chicago this weekend. Senator Bernie Sanders is headlining the event, billed as "Beyond Resistance: A People’s Movement for a Just World".

70% Of Californians Back Medicare For All Single Payer Healthcare Bill For Their State

Seventy percent of Californians support creating Medicare for all single payer health care statewide. That's according to a new poll done from May 25th to May 29th.

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