Truthout
Labor
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When Postmasters Attack
The beloved institution will shrink beyond recognition if the Postmaster General and other privatization advocates get their way.
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“Lincoln”: The Underbelly of the Democratic Process
Spielberg's Lincoln gives masterful context to past and present.
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Hawaii Teachers Unleash Work-to-Rule Campaign
Two years after an imposed contract stuck them with wage and benefit cuts, the teachers are building momentum to win a better deal in 2013.
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Occupy Evolver: Realize Your Potential
Occupy shifted mass consciousness and planted a flag in the global mental atmosphere.
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Walmart Rejected Safety Upgrades at Asia Factory Where 100 Died in Fire
At some point, consumers need to stop rewarding bad behavior.
Economic Update: Inconvenient Economic Truths
Updates on unpaid law clerks, Buffett's minimum tax on high incomes, and CBO report on medical care costs and federal deficits.
Escalating Delinquency Rates Make Student Loans Look Like the New Subprime
Student loans inch towards bubble territory as a new study reveals that 94% of students with an average debt of $23,000.
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Collective Workplaces Spell Job Security, Fair Treatment and Real-Life Democracy
Richard Wolff argues that workers in control of their own workplaces are much less likely to ship their own jobs overseas, underpay employees or pollute their own communities.
Chris Hedges: Katrina, All Over Again
Sandy illustrates the depraved mentality of an elite that abandons the wider population.
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Employees at Billion Dollar Companies Fight for a Living Wage
One in four workers in the United States is employed in a low-wage job.