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HOW CORPORATED GREED DESTROYED...

18 Feb, 2023

Dear Rosann, Unionized rail workers warned of a “ticking time bomb.” They called out mass layoffs and overburdened workers. They watched in horror as safety regulations were blocked. Now, toxic chemicals from Norfolk Southern’s train derailment could poison an Ohio region for years. Our most recent

We Need to stop the Kroger-Albertsons Merger

10 Feb, 2023

Erie-Crawford CLC Scholarships

21 Dec, 2022

The Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council offers three scholarships to the members or dependents of their affiliated local unions. Please review the application for the details. We encourage everyone eligible to apply. The deadline for application is April 21st. We encourage all eligible members and

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It’s Not a Shutdown, It’s a Lockout and a Shakedown of Federal Workers

Most media outlets continue to portray the federal “shutdown” as a political fight between a president who once said he would be proud to provoke a standoff and congressional leaders who ha

25, Jan, 2019

Los Angeles Teachers Have Approved a Contract to End Their Six-Day Strike

Teachers overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday and planned to return to the classroom after a six-day strike over funding and staffing in the nation’s second-largest school district.

23, Jan, 2019

A Manufactured Crisis

Eight hundred thousand workers. That is the number of government employees and contractors impacted by President Trump’s shutdown of the federal government.

17, Jan, 2019

‘Pay the Workers, Furlough Trump’: Federal Workers Rally for End to Shutdown

Furloughed federal employees and out-of-work contractors greeted one another Thursday with a sarcastic nickname that, on the 20th day of a partial government shutdown, captured their feeling of powerlessness: “Hello, fellow pawns.”

16, Jan, 2019

The 8 Most Important Labor Stories of 2018

1. Janus dealt a heavy blow to labor—but public-sector unions didn’t crumble overnight.

03, Jan, 2019

Union Sues Trump Administration for Making Government Employees Work Without Pay

A federal employee union sued the Trump administration Monday over the government shutdown, claiming it is illegal for agencies

03, Jan, 2019