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Thinking Big: The Global Minimum Wage
Let's finally get globalization to work for people and begin - perhaps with anti-sweatshop campaigns - to organize for a global minimum wage.
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The Flat-Earth Society Has Arisen Again
Ever heard of geocentrism? It's the belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe. It's considered pretty stupid right now, given it was debunked it over …
Protecting the Right’s Stranglehold Over Union Elections
Anti-union organizations and consultants dominated NLRB hearings on its new election rules, and their testimony revealed they want to make it as difficult as possible for workers to choose …
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Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence Research
George Republican Rep. Jack Kingston said he would oppose a proposal from President Obama for S10 million in CDC gun research funding.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act, and More
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act and upheld a boss's right to punish workers for talking about unfair pay practices, and more.
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Conflict Fuels Child Labor in India
According to a 2013 study published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, more than 3,000 children are trafficked from the state each year.
New Network for Social Justice Unionism Seeks to Change the Labor Movement
Interview with Michelle Gunderson, co-founder of the Network for Social Justice Unionism.
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Dean Baker | Economic Policy in a Post-Piketty World
If we want to counter the rise in inequality that we have seen in recent decades we are going to have to find mechanisms other than a "global wealth …
Gabriel Garcia Marquez in His Own Words on Writing “100 Years of Solitude”
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez passed away Thursday in Mexico at the age of 87.
Truthout Interviews John Logan on the Antiunion Campaign in Tennessee
The battle by the GOP and its wealthy donors to keep middle and working class individuals poorly paid and without workplace rights continues.