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Labor

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When Campaign Cash Equals Speech
This is what one dollar, one vote looks like.

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Markets Are the Problem (Not the Solution)
The plight of the workers is outside the purview of those who sell their architectural services or purchase the palatial homes; it is not a part of the market …

Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple
The black radical professor tells his version of the events that led to his ouster from Temple University's African-American Studies department.

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Workplace Democracy
We need a whole new approach to labor law in the United States that provides workers more freedom and democracy in the workplace.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Groups Hold Week of Action for Better Wages, and More
Last year, median CEO pay jumped to $10.5 million dollars - an increase of about 13 percent. However, most workers didn't see their paychecks go up by a single …

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A Primer on the Antiunion Campaign at Volkswagen
Given the dizzying array of antiunion forces that were involved in the campaign to undermine workers' choice to form a union at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, a who's who of …

“This Award Is for Snowden”: Greenwald, Poitras Accept Polk Honor for Exposing NSA Surveillance
In their acceptance speeches, Poitras and Greenwald paid tribute to their source.

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Why No Sustained Protests (Yet)?
Lingering effects of the organized post-1945 destruction of the New Deal coalition helps explain continuing austerity and other anti-democratic policies pursued by US governments, says economist Richard Wolff

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Evidence of GOP Interference in VW Election Is Now Overwhelming
Last week's disclosure by respected Tennessee journalist Phil Williams concerning Republican dirty tricks in the Chattanooga union election demonstrates beyond any doubt that the GOP unlawfully interfered.

APWU Pres. Mark Dimondstein Calls For Defense Of The People’s Post Office
Mark Dimondstein president of the American Postal Workers Union spoke in Chicago at the Labor Notes convention on how to defend the People's Post Office.