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Time for a RAISE: Santa Claus Arrested at the White House for Minimum Wage Raise
Video release of Santa arrested in front of White House while attempting to deliver Christmas wish to president.
On the Front Lines of Class War: Why the Fight for a Livable Wage Is Everyone’s Fight
Recent developments stemming from “solidarity unionism,” low-wage worker revolts, and a backlash against neoliberal policies have shown that American workers are beginning to “rise like lions after slumber.”
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William Rivers Pitt | Laney’s Christmas
William Rivers Pitt: "Despite the grotesque perversion of simple morality that has so gruesomely twisted the fabric of life in America, we will someday prevail, and find a better …
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Advice for Young Women: Get a Union Job
Whether they're soldering on an assembly line or educating the next generation of young professionals or rallying in the street for a decent contract, union women are everywhere.
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Rising Caseload, Fewer Labor Department Judges Triggers Painful Mix for Suffering Laborers
It's been a trying year for James Sawyer, who had two ruined lungs replaced in the space of seven months. Mounting medical expenses only add to his stress.
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Dean Baker | Inequality: Government Is a Perp, Not a Bystander
Dean Baker: President Obama wants the public to believe that inequality is something that just happened.
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A Seminar on the Labor Movement — With an Opinionated Professor
Reading Save our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress is like sitting in on a seminar on the modern labor movementu2014with Steve Early playing the role of opinionated …
Setback for Scalia in Attempt to Curtail Labor Rights
A SCOTUS pass on reviewing a lower court's labor decision leaves intact, for now, one of the few effective ways unions have for organizing traditional workplaces.
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Iraq’s Oil Workers Walk Off Drilling Rigs and Take to the Streets
If labor laws aren't adopted before April 2014, Iraq's oil workers will remain in the legal limbo left by Saddam Hussein and US occupation legacy.
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Unemployed Americans Speak Out as Benefits are Slashed at Christmas
Unless Congress acts, millions of Americans will be left with no benefits in an economy where the average length of unemployment is more than 37 weeks.