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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Detroit Emergency Manager Poised to Sacrifice City’s Unions to Investors, and More
In today's On the News segment: Today Minnesota's governor will sign marriage equality bill passed into law yesterday, and more.
Laundering The Public Image Of Worker-Killing Sweatshops
The industry responsible for monitoring labor and safety practices of multinational suppliers has failed miserably.
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Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor and Occupy Plan May Day Protests
Nationally, May Day protests have already attracted the attention of authorities.
Another Big Story the Mainstream Media Missed: GE-Krupp Conspiracy Trial of ’47
Lest anyone imagine that corporate crimes being unreported by the mainstream media and punished with a wristslap are anything new, legendary labor reporter James Lerner's account of the GE …
Strike and You’re Out: The Supreme Court’s Destruction of the Right to Strike
In their continuing series on the National Labor Relations Act, two legal experts explain how the Supreme Court nullified the NLRA-enshrined right to strike by inventing an employer's right …
Public Education Fights for Its Life
Max Eternity: Austerity measures are eroding America's public school system.
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Hope, Love and Strategy in the Time of the Zombie Apocalypse
Labor and community organizer Stephen Lerner argues that love really is part of the answer to resisting the oncoming apocalypse.
Solidarity NOT Forever: How the Supreme Court Kicked Retirees Into the Gutter
In 1971, the Supreme Court decided to remove National Labor Relations Act protections for retirees.
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Chicagoans Fight for Education and Against Standardized Testing
The fight against standardized testing and school closings is a fight for the standard of living for working people.
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Women Unionists of the Arab Spring Battle Two Foes: Sexism and Neoliberalism
The meeting of women trade unionists in Tunis provided a forum to share stories.