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The Day After the Election, What Happens To Sensata-Style Workers?
But what about the day after the election?
Blood, Gold and Coke: The Price of Free Trade in Colombia
Instead of protecting labor and community activists, the trade agreement's implementation seems to have given the Colombian government a free hand in resuming attacks on them
Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble
Mitt Romney's economic plan simply has no connection to the realonomy in which ordinary people live, work or don't work. It is not even a plan designed to benefit …
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Strikes at Walmart Warehouses Expose Threats in Supply Chain
Warehouse Workers United picket in Southern California. Theirs was the first of two strikes against Walmart warehouses in one week.
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Shocking Stories of Loss Motivate Mourners of Mexico’s Drug War Victims to Hold the US Responsible
Mexicans are determined to make America hear the truth about its role in Mexico's drug war.
Election Countdown 2012: Selma City Council Votes to Stop Monument to KKK Leader, and More
This week in the Election Countdown: Green Party nominee Jill Stein tours around various colleges in California this week; A 2009 lawsuit filed by former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader …
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Chicago Teachers, Verizon Workers and Quebec’s Students Prove That Resistance Works
Teachers in Chicago, Verizon workers, and students in Quebec recently proved that not only are strikes and general resistance and dissent essential to any democracy, they also work.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Germany Moves to Outlaw High-Speed Trading Robots, and More
Striking NFL referees watch their position strengthen as replacement refs make bad calls, and more.
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The Dirty Business of Cleaning Cars
The movement to unionize carwash employees in Los Angeles arrives in New York.
Chicago Teachers Strike Ends, But ‘Multi-Year Revolution’ Begins
Reforming public education must be part of—not a substitute for—a broader movement for economic justice.