Today in 1993 The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) took effect today. The first law signed by President Clinton, it allows many workers time off each year due to serious health conditions or to care for a family member.
• Teamster Budweiser strike continues. • Alex Acosta confirmed as labor secretary. • Acosta’s deadly agenda for workers. • Why a $15 minimum wage is good economics. • Writers Guild averts strike, wins new contract. • May Day marches display worker solidarity across U.S. • Fake flexibility bill would deprive workers of overtime. • Worker safety group names the most dangerous employers. • United Mine Workers union wins the long fight for retirees. • Carrier union rep: Trump could stop offshoring if he wanted to. • ‘God have mercy on your souls’: GOP passes cruel, destructive Trumpcare bill.
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