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North Carolina’s Tobacco Workers Stand to Benefit From State’s Strong Farmworker Union
Many tobacco workers are on H2-A visas, but undocumented workers in other sectors of agriculture often enjoy better rights through unionization.
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Hyatt Surveils Its Workers Via iPods
What we almost never hear, however, is a real discussion of the place most Americans have their freedoms curtailed: the workplace.
New Visions for Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution
The rule of the dictatorship, however, continues.
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A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift
The new American job: part-time work, part-time pay, part-time living standard.
The Happy Hero: An Interview With Paul Buhle About Robin Hood
Paul Buhle talked to Truthout by email recently concerning his 2011 book,
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Bain-Owned Sensata Illegally Threatens Workers for Organizing
Bain-owned Sensata threatened to retaliate and immediately close their Freeport, Ill plant if workers there don't stop protesting the outsourcing of their jobs to China.
How Workers are Using Globalization Against Walmart
The recent Walmart strikes — beginning first among warehouse workers in California, then spreading to others in Elwood, Illinois, and finally to Walmart retail stores across the United States …
Obama vs. Romney III: “I got nuthin’,” But There’s a Reason for That
Lambert Strether, the voice that brings you your weekly Election Countdown, gives you a recap of the third presidential debate in the voices of those who did not get …
Environmental Possibilities: Zero Waste
“Environmental Possibilities: Zero Waste” features new ways of thinking, acting, and shaping government policy that are circling the globe. Each week, we highlight a success story in the zero …
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Romney & Company Shipped Every Single Delphi UAW Job to China
While auto parts workers lost jobs, homes and health insurance, the Romneys made millions offshoring their lives.