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Do You Give As Much Thought to Restaurant Workers as You Do to Your Organic Chicken?
There's little question that the vast majority of restaurant workers in the US could use a union.
Economic Update: Beyond Austerity to Economic Democracy
Updates on global capital's devastating moves and on the FED's huge recent expansion of the money supply. Interview with Prof. Jan Rehmann: a Gramscian analysis of the Occupy movement.
Finally, the Republicans Are Afraid
House Speaker John Boehner warned his fellow Republicans that President Obama may be preparing u201cto annihilateu201d the GOP, causing critics to question how stable the Republican hold really is.
Seattle Teachers’ Boycott of High Stakes Tests Spreads
Educators nationwide support growing Seattle teacher boycott of high stakes tests.
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Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Upheld and Why It Doesn’t Matter
The decision would appear to be a loss for unions, but it's not as bad as it seems.
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Sustainable Food Is a Full-Time Job, Campus Cooks Say
A job is not sustainable if it can't provide a healthy future and a living wage.
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RIP Leo Robinson, Soul of the Longshore
Leo Robinson was an example of what being an internationalist and a working-class activist was all about.
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Top Five Lines From Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address
Monday's speech was full of hope, and a pointed rejection of the worldview of his 2012 opponent, Mitt Romney.
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How the Walmart Labor Struggle Is Going Global
What started as a warehouse workers' strike in California late last year has grown into a global struggle against the world's largest private employer.