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In the final installment of our five-part series on a secret White House labor strategy memo, we reveal the Trump administration’s secret plan, laid out in black and white, to wipe out federal employee unions.
Find out how they plan to do it »
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U.S. Penitentiary Canaan in northeastern Pennsylvania is authorized to hire 408 full-time staff, yet the high-security federal prison has struggled to recruit and retain correctional officers and other workers due to salaries that don’t compete with surrounding employers.
Learn more about these struggling pay locales »
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With more women joining the military today than ever before, it’s critically important that the medical services and benefits provided to our female veterans at VA facilities nationwide meet their unique needs and circumstances.
Find out more about this important legislation »
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Former VA Secretary David Shulkin is deeply concerned about the plight of public servants, new law could provide expanded benefits to Vietnam vets, mental health care for veterans suffers due to unrealistic appointment quotas, and much more. Here are a few of the most important stories you need to know about this week.
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This Week in Labor History
Nov. 12, 1954: On this day in 1954, the federal government shut down the Ellis Island immigrant reception station in New York Harbor. From 1892 to 1924, the facility processed some 12 million immigrants.
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