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FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine
March 27, 2014A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.
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Bangladeshi workers seek support from U.S. students
March 27, 2014"I saw many of my co-workers, trapped like a sandwich, one upon the other. It's true that I survived, but I saw many of my co-workers die."
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Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer
March 27, 2014Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.
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Exxon Mobil deal with Ukraine factors in Russia’s Crimea policy
March 26, 2014The awarding of rights to develop a major natural gas find in the Black Sea may have strongly predisposed Russia to support the referendum which resulted in the reunion of Crimea with Russia.
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The war that won’t go away
March 26, 2014Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.
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