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Wall Street bonuses equaled double annual pay of minimum wage workers
March 17, 2015Wall Street banks handed out $28.5 billion in bonuses to their 167,800 employees last year, up 3 percent over 2013, according to figures from the NY State Comptroller.
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Support builds for Peace and Planet mobilization
March 17, 2015Peace, faith, environment and labor organizations are mobilizing for the Peace and Planet conference and march at the United Nations April 24-26.
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Today in labor history: Celebrating the Irish-born Mother Jones
March 17, 2015In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we offer a shoutout to Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1837-1930).
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South American nations to Obama: Revoke sanctions against Venezuela!
March 17, 2015The Union of South American Nations has called on President Obama to revoke sanctions he imposed by executive order March 9 against Venezuela.
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Workers getting burned by McDonald’s greed
March 17, 2015"The Food Service Industry experiences the highest number of burns of any employment sector, about 12,000 each year."
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