Fall 2015 Newsletter
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Features:
Members Stand Up for Their Rights
Our 2015 Legislative Agenda
Concerns Raised About Non-Profit Hospitals’ Debt Collection
Providence United – 5,000 Strong and Growing
Central Co-op Leads Nation on Progressive Wages
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Cascadia Weekly Op-Ed by Susan Richardson
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One hundred and twenty years ago, during another time of severe economic depression and social unrest in our country, President Grover Cleveland established Labor Day as a national holiday. It was not so much to honor as it was to appease organized labor. President Cleveland’s decision came days after he ordered federal troops to crush workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago who were striking for better wages and workplace conditions. Fast forward to 2014 and we see our country is still grappling with economic and social unrest as income inequality grows and the rights of workers to stick together for better workplace conditions continues to be challenged...
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