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Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf Withdraws Appeal of Housekeeper Injury Citations, Agrees to Landmark Settlement
Unprecedented agreement in hotel industry requiring hotel to conduct u201cjob hazard analysis,u201d implement safety reforms, and establish Housekeeping Committee.
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The corporate push to construct tar-sands pipelines is transforming the environmental movement across North America by increasing the involvement of local residents and normalizing the use of direct action.
The American Role-of-Government Debate and the Trashing of “Europe“
It seems political analysts warnings against the US taking the same Europe might simply be a justification for conservative right wing economic policies.
“Herbicide Stockpile” at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa: 1971 US Army report on Agent Orange
A newly declassified report could possibly confirm long standing allegations that the US held large stockpiles of chemical herbicides like Agent Orange in Okinawa, Japan.
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FreedomWorks Putting Its War Chest to Work for ALEC’s Anti-Union Agenda in the States
The Tea Part affiliated group FreedomWorks, is supporting the agenda of other right wing organizations like Americans for Prosperity to support anti-union legislation.
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Obama to Congress: Raise Debt Ceiling Without Spending Cuts
President Barack Obama urges Congress to lift the nationu2019s debt ceiling without spending cuts claiming that he will not allow the country to be pushed so far to the …
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Why Has Obama Pardoned So Few Prisoners?
To date, Obama has pardoned less than two dozen and commuted even fewer sentences.
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First Nations Logging Blockade in Canada Passes 10th Year as “Idle No More” Support Grows
Like Idle No More, in Grassy Narrows the movement is being led by women.
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
The real reason for the Second Amendment's ratification was to preserve slave patrol militias.
Turtles and Tomahawk Missiles, Together at Last? War is Not the Answer to Climate Change
Accepting and perpetuating the narrative of climate security through a national security framework, opens new and dangerous doors for the national security state.