Labor
Foxconned Wisconsin learns the Trump promise was a lie
February 4, 2019Industry observers liken Wisconsin to a Wall Street suckers list: The Mike Milken junk bond scandals of the 1990s from which many have not recovered. The decade-old Bernie Maddof Ponzi scheme. Seriously, one financial reporter asked...
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New Jersey hikes state minimum wage to $15 by 2024
February 1, 2019Democratic Gov. Philip Murphy signed, legislation increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024.
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Trump-named Labor Board boosts ‘independent contractor’ dodge
January 30, 2019This is bad news for millions of workers, union and non-union.
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Sprint-T-Mobile merger an attack on people of color and the poor
January 30, 2019Imagine you’re a teenager in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, doing your homework on your phone…and then you can’t, because your mobile phone carrier pulled out.
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San Francisco unions and community demand, ‘No More Shutdowns!’
January 29, 2019“I’m afraid I’m going to be right back here in three weeks, protesting another shutdown."
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