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Election Countdown 2012: Chicago Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard Left Rochester After 90 Percent of Teachers Voted “No Confidence” in His Leadership, and More
Election roundup coverage for September 11, 2012. Election countdown leads with Chicago teachers strike.
Four Reasons Chicago’s Teachers Are On Strike
More electives. Support staff for students who need it. Fair compensation. Recall rights.
Why Did Monsanto Support Labeling GE Food in the UK But Not in California?
“Now they expect us to believe that Europeans have the right to know what's in their food, but Americans don't,” says a source.
The Biggest Economic Challenge of Obama’s Second Term
Not even the Jobs Act will be enough to boost the anemic recovery. In January, he's got to do something big, like a new WPA or CCC.
Tar Sands Blockade Strikes Again, But TransCanada Thinks It Can Just Reroute
Does TransCanada really think that 1,200 people were arrested at the White House just to protest the pipeline route?
Do America’s Corporations Care How Much American Workers Earn?
Despite worries about sagging consumer confidence and shrinking paychecks, business leaders seem unconcerned about the declining standard of living of middle-class America, or about the growing number of American …
Europe’s Adjustment: The Misadventures of Austerity
Austerity to reduce spending and decrease the need for imports, and liberalization reforms to reduce real wages and promote internal devaluation have been going on for a while in …
European Debt Dominos
So, as everyone knows, the ECB came out yesterday with its latest plan to stem the creeping European sovereign debt crisis.
Effectuating Our National Labor Policy
Two pending National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cases on graduate student workers provide an opportunity to develop effective strategies to respond to attacks on employee rights under National Labor …
Election Countdown 2012: Florida Health Administrators Leave Sick and Disabled Children in Nursing Homes, and More
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