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Economy & Labor
Effort to Form Union in China Meets Ferocious Repression
Workers and students formed a group to demand the release of all detained workers and respect the right to unionize.
Census: 39.7 Million Americans Are Poor
According to the US Census Bureau data, one in eight Americans were poor in 2017.
Hotel Workers Register Anger With Marriott in Decisive Strike Vote
Full-time Marriott workers often have to work second jobs just to make ends meet.
Labor Conditions at Starbucks-Certified Plantation Deemed Analogous to Slavery
Brazil Labor Ministry investigators have raided the Córrego das Almas farm and rescued 18 workers.
Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Imports Are Actually a Tax on the US Middle Class
Trump is effectively proposing one of the largest tax increases on the middle class in memory.
It’s Down to the Wire in Tense Bargaining Talks at Health Care Giant Kaiser
Wages, health care and pension remain unresolved in the national agreement as a September 30th deadline looms.
Trump Tax Plan 2.0 Cements the Worst Economic Policy in a Generation
Wealth consolidation at the top is the unstated but intended goal of this tax plan.
Ten Years on, the Crisis of Global Capitalism Never Really Ended
The political backlash to the crash of 2008 has only just begun.
Puerto Rico Has Not Recovered From Hurricane Maria
Here’s a snapshot of Puerto Rico today.
Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All at Risk
Central bankers are now aggressively playing the stock market.