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Manufactured Emergency: The Neoliberal Assault on Michigan
Those who want to privatize public services and destroy unions have made some successful incursions into the once union-friendly state. Whether Michiganders can mount an effective resistance remains to …
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Anti-Union, Low-Wage States Spend More On “Safety-Net” Help
Right-to-work laws not only sap government revenue in the form of reduced tax receipts, but they also increase government spending in outlays for food stamps and the earned income …
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Economic Terrorism by Paid Goons
It's time to bring back card-check, and rebuild the American economy, one union at a time.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Importance of Labor Unions and Meaning Behind Labor Day, and More
Celebrating Labor Day should mean commemorating the key role unions played in winning benefits we take for granted now; and more.
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New Documents Undermine Walker Statements on Criminal Probe
Despite claims that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is not a “target” in the state's criminal campaign finance probe, newly-released documents demonstrate that prosecutors are indeed looking at his potentially …
If Unions Are Breaking Automakers, Why Are BMW and Mercedes So Rich?
In Germany, auto workers get paid well and their companies still profit. Author Thom Hartmann on why living wages and corporate success don't have to be mutually exclusive.
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Let’s Give Workers Something to Cheer About
Labor Day should be a day on, not a day off, in the effort to reclaim the American dream for working people.
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McDonald’s Can’t Hide Behind Franchise System
If rulings start coming out against the corporate office, that should help turn up the heat on McDonald's.
Defining a Federalist Approach to Immigration Reform: The Left Stands on Firmer Legal Ground
With a federal floor of protections for noncitizens at their back, immigrant and refugee-friendly local laws and tactics are defining what it means to fight for human rights from …
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The AFL-CIO Should Be in Ferguson
Our biggest problems are political, not organizational.