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Walmart workers in Chile win pay raise after six-day strike
July 19, 2019More than 17,000 workers at three companies—Lider, Express de Lider, and Super Bodega a Cuenta—owned by the U.S. corporation returned to work after salary increases, bonuses, training, and other benefits were agreed to by the retail...
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Union leaders laud house vote to repeal ‘Cadillac tax’ on health care plans
July 19, 2019The tax, part of the ACA, was supposed to prompt market-driven decisions by consumers on health care, but economic analysts pointed out it would lead to declines in coverage instead.
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$15 by 2025: House OK of minimum wage hike cheers women’s groups, unions
July 19, 2019Only 3 Republicans voted to raise the federal minimum wage, while 192 of them, plus ex-Republican Justin Amash of Michigan, now an independent, voted against it.
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‘Soul of a Nation’: Art of the Black Power decades
July 19, 2019Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 is a comprehensive, expansive, and some might consider exhaustive overview of the Black Power movement.
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U.S. and NATO warmakers find some willing partners in Germany
July 19, 2019While Trump stirs up race hatred at home, U.S. encourages dangerous war planning in Europe.
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