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Striking Hotel Workers: “Slow Season” No Excuse for Losing Health Care
Some hotels have denied health coverage for eight months in a year, claiming it was “slow season.”
Historic McDonald’s Strike Brings Anti-Harassment Fight to Picket Line
Workers in 10 major cities walked out during the lunch rush to protest sexual harassment on the job.
Why Labor Is Holding Applause for Michigan’s Latest “Workers’ Rights” Measures
Lawmakers made it clear that they want an opportunity to water these labor laws down later.
Cheap Tricks With Economic Statistics: The Democratic Version
Wages growing modestly does not mean that people should be satisfied with the current state of the economy.
Trump Is Giving Protectionism a Bad Name
Tariffs and subsidies to support infant industries can be key for economic development in the Global South.
Why Los Angeles’s Upcoming Public Banking Ballot Initiative is a Huge Deal
If Los Angeles succeeds in creating a municipal public bank, it will be the first of its kind in the country.
Why We’re Voting “No” at UPS
Here's what’s wrong with the latest contract proposal with UPS.
On 10th Anniversary of Crash, Warren Says: Break Up the Banks, Jail the Bankers
The senator said the US must “force law-breaking bankers to trade in their pinstripe suits for orange jumpsuits.”
Corporate Lobbyists Will Ensure Canada Will Be Part of Trump’s New NAFTA
Trudeau and his team of negotiators are not going to sing to the tune of Trump’s tweets.
Hundreds of State Lawmakers Want a NAFTA Without Corporate Tribunals
State lawmakers across the political spectrum support eliminating special rights for foreign corporations.