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Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, dies at 72
President Joe Biden, speaking to reporters about the news, described the labor leader as "a very cl…
Charles Davis
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Largest union federation in the US demands apology from Mark Zuckerberg over new software feature that would allow employers blacklist words like 'unionize' in chats
"Employers censoring their employees' speech about unionizing is illegal," AFL-CIO President Richar…
Charles Davis
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Republicans want to ban banning gas ovens as part of their legislation to raise the debt ceiling
Part of the GOP's 320-page bill for raising the debt ceiling includes banning any rules that would …
Juliana Kaplan
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A federal agency says it won't ban gas stoves in the US after the debate about how to handle the appliances' health risks boils over
Gas-burning stoves release pollutants like carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide that increase the r…
Catherine Boudreau
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Biden to award 17 Presidential Medals of Freedom, including to Steve Jobs, John McCain, Simone Biles, Gabriel Giffords, and Denzel Washington
The president will award the nation's highest civilian honor to a mix of business luminaries, celeb…
Brent D. Griffiths
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How the gas vs. electric stove debate became the latest culture war, with AOC and Ted Cruz chiming in: 'Gas stoves for me but not for thee'
Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas said he'd "NEVER give up" his gas stove, adding "COME AND TAKE IT!!" — …
Kelsey Vlamis
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President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people. Most of them have donated money to Democrats.
From former actor Denzel Washington to the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, most of Biden's medal recipie…
Bryan Metzger
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Chef Alison Roman loves her induction stove. Twitter has so many questions.
The gas-stove controversy has inadvertently raised the profile of the electric-induction stove to t…
Catherine Boudreau
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Biden talks infrastructure with top labor leaders - with $2 trillion in spending on the line
President Joe Biden and labor leaders discussed job creation via infrastructure in the Oval Office.…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden and Harris met with the CEOs of Microsoft, Gap, General Motors, and Target to discuss the COVID-19 economic recovery. 'I'm a union guy,' Biden said.
"Unions are going to have increased power" once President-elect Joe Biden comes to office in Januar…
Grace Dean
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10 Things in Politics: What Trump's not spending his cash stash on
And Biden mocked Gov. Ron DeSantis as their feud grows
Brent D. Griffiths
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Trump starts Labor Day with a big shot at the US's largest union leader
On Sunday, Trumka had also questioned Trump's Saturday tweet that there was no need to keep Canada …
Michelle Price
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Here's who Biden has chosen for his heads of labor, commerce, and small business agencies
Gina Raimondo, Marty Walsh, and Isabel Guzman have been named as the president-elect's heads of lab…
Grace Dean
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Biden faces fresh pressure from the left to raise the minimum wage
Labor leaders and progressive lawmakers discussed how to raise the minimum wage on a Friday call, m…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden calls Trump 'downright un-American' and Trump says Biden is 'stupid' as presidential campaign enters its last leg
President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden two took rhetorical swipes at each other …
Reuters,Sarah Gray
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DeSantis is rolling out his plans for Florida, from more migrant flights to a Disney revamp. It's all widely viewed as a policy blueprint for a presidential run
The governor has been rolling out new proposals nearly every week, including on prescription drugs,…
Kimberly Leonard
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The head of America's largest labor union left Trump's council citing 'President who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism'
It's clear that President Trump's Manufacturing Council was never an effective means for delivering…
Bob Bryan
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The head of America's largest labor union neatly summed up why he won't work with Trump's White House
"You had two factions in the White House. You had one faction that actually had some of the policie…
Bob Bryan
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Here's the Democratic wish list after Biden's 'go big' stimulus
Democrats are looking beyond Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, with funding in mind for infr…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Meet the woman on the brink of transforming labor in America for the young and reshuffling workforce. 'We could unleash unprecedented organizing.'
Liz Shuler made history as the first female president of the AFL-CIO. At 100 days, she hopes this i…