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That has already happened in the few weeks that nurses have been working without contracts, said Irma Westmoreland, a nurse at a veterans medical center in Atlanta and the chair of National Nurses Uni... 1.000

👤 Irma Westmoreland 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Health

Simplified: Irma Westmoreland said problems have already happened in the few weeks nurses have been working without contracts.

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At the V.A., employees regularly speak up about caregiving issues and appointment backlogs, said Naveed A. Shah, the political director at Common Defense, a veterans advocacy group. 1.000

👤 Naveed A. Shah 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Health

Simplified: Naveed A Shah said VA employees regularly speak up about caregiving issues and appointment backlogs.

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Union officials have said the loss of bargaining rights for federal employees inevitably hurts the members of the public the agencies serve. 0.800

👤 Union officials 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Public Service

Simplified: Union officials said loss of bargaining rights hurts the public.

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Inspectors at the Agriculture Department’s food safety and inspection division no longer have a formal process to raise safety concerns about products without facing retaliation, said Paula Soldner, t... 1.000

👤 Paula Soldner 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Safety

Simplified: Paula Soldner said Agriculture Department inspectors no longer have a formal process to raise safety concerns without facing retaliation.

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And employees working long shifts are no longer guaranteed a rest period that was negotiated for safety reasons. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Safety

Simplified: Employees working long shifts are no longer guaranteed a rest period.

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About 1,500 food service workers across the country will no longer get meal allowances, like free lunches. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: About 1500 food service workers will no longer get meal allowances.

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At the V.A., where 395,000 employees lost their union rights, people who planned to take 16 weeks of parental leave, as negotiated in their union contracts, will only have a guarantee of 12 weeks, the... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: At the VA 395000 employees lost union rights parental leave guarantee reduced from 16 weeks to 12 weeks.

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So far, nine agencies have terminated union contracts that covered more than 445,000 federal workers from the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Ge... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor

Simplified: Nine agencies terminated union contracts covering over 445000 federal workers including EPA Coast Guard FEMA GSA HHS Agriculture VA ICE CIS.

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“This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history,” said Mike Podhorzer, a former political director of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. 0.900

👤 Mike Podhorzer 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , Historical

Simplified: Mike Podhorzer said this is the largest act of union busting in American history.

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Mr. Trump said that the affected workers had roles that touched on national security, and that provisions in their labor contracts could interfere with his policies being carried out. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Politics

Simplified: Trump said affected workers' roles touched on national security and labor contracts could interfere with his policies.

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The order, signed in late March, directed 22 agencies to ignore contracts for employees in specific unions. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Legal

Simplified: Trump's late March order directed 22 agencies to ignore union contracts.

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Last Thursday, Mr. Trump signed a second executive order stripping union rights from thousands of other employees at six additional agencies. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Legal

Simplified: Last Thursday Trump signed another executive order stripping union rights from thousands at six agencies.

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The termination of protections followed an Aug. 1 appeals court ruling on legal challenges to Mr. Trump’s directive. 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Legal

Simplified: Termination of protections followed August 1 appeals court ruling on Trump's directive.

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More than 445,000 federal employees saw their union protections disappear in August, as agencies moved to comply with an executive order President Trump signed earlier this year that called for ignori... 1.000

👤 Eileen Sullivan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Labor , Politics

Simplified: More than 445000 federal employees lost union protections in August due to Trump's executive order.

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Critics argued the trial was conducted poorly, and seven years later, Gov. John P. Altgeld pardoned the three who were still alive. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History , Legal

Simplified: Critics argued the trial was conducted poorly and Gov John P Altgeld pardoned three anarchists seven years later.

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A correction was made on Sept. 1, 2018 : Because of an editing error, an earlier version of a picture caption with this article misstated the year that Labor Day was made a national holiday. It was 18... 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: Labor Day was made a national holiday in 1894 not 1984.

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Eight anarchists were convicted, and four were hanged. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History , Legal

Simplified: Eight anarchists were convicted and four were hanged after the Haymarket Square bombing.

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The authorities opened fire in response, and seven officers and four protesters were killed. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: Authorities opened fire and seven officers and four protesters were killed at Haymarket Square.

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On May 4, 1886, a bomb went off at a demonstration in Chicago’s Haymarket Square in support of an eight-hour workday and against police killings of protesters. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History

Simplified: A bomb went off at a demonstration in Chicago's Haymarket Square on May 4 1886.

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During the crisis, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill into law on June 28, 1894, declaring Labor Day a national holiday. 1.000

👤 Karen Zraick 📋 News Article 🏷️ Labor , History , Politics , Legal

Simplified: President Grover Cleveland signed a bill declaring Labor Day a national holiday on June 28 1894.

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