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240,000 Turkish Workers Join As Mass Protests Reach More Than 67 Cities
Confederation of unions, stage two day strike in solidarity with protestors, against police brutality and for a more democratic Turkey
Economic Update: Labor, Unions and Crisis
Updates on corporate globalization, Philly schools, paid vacation law(?), the Cadillac Tax. Interview with Stanley Aronowitz on labor, unions and the left. Responses to listeners on higher ed economics …
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Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Workers Rights and Wages in Haiti
Beverly Bell takes a look at the economics behind third world sweatshops to propose how alternative pathways can be found.
The Judicial Amendments’ 1-2-3-4 Punch to Collective Bargaining
Judicial amendments have created so many ways that employees, unions, and, yes, employers can lose.
Can Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? An Interview With United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard talks to Truthout about the opportunities of a new labor model.
Economic Update: A Journalist’s Perspective
Updates on changing US retirement ages, Pope Francis's anti-capitalism, inequality inside countries, unionists march in Rome.
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 …