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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Importance of Labor Unions and Meaning Behind Labor Day, and More
Celebrating Labor Day should mean commemorating the key role unions played in winning benefits we take for granted now; and more.
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New Documents Undermine Walker Statements on Criminal Probe
Despite claims that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not a “target” in the state's criminal campaign finance probe, newly-released documents demonstrate that prosecutors are indeed looking at his potentially …
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When Four Jobs Aren’t Enough: Why We Need a Living Wage
No person should die because they were too exhausted to leave the car after working multiple shifts just to make ends meet.
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It’s Harder to Reach the American Dream If You’re Reaching All Alone
“We won't be able to revive widely shared prosperity without strengthening the voice of workers at the workplace and in our politics.”
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The GOP War on Workers Has Killed Again
It's time to end the 34-year-old war on working people in the United States, and give all Americans an equal shot at success.
Labor Day Reality for Humanity on the Gallows – or Shall We Imagine Differently?
The US holiday Labor Day is a joke. Again there will be no visible strikes and no muscle-flexing by the labor movement.
If Unions Are Breaking Automakers, Why Are BMW and Mercedes So Rich?
In Germany, auto workers get paid well and their companies still profit. Author Thom Hartmann on why living wages and corporate success don't have to be mutually exclusive.
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Labor Day Victories to Celebrate
It would be easy to go on about how bad things are for labor rights, but it is worth highlighting a couple of good news items against the current …
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The Humanity of Michael Brown
Racism isn't simply bigotry; at root, it's about dignity and denigration.
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Let’s Give Workers Something to Cheer About
Labor Day should be a day on, not a day off, in the effort to reclaim the American dream for working people.