U.S.
Daily life in the fight for $15 and a union: Bettie Douglas
August 13, 2020Her McDonald's store had been visited by an organizer from Show Me $15 a few times, but everytime an organizer asked her to join, she would always reply: “Not right now; I need this job.”
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Murder charges sought against deputy for shooting death of Andres Guardado
August 11, 2020The Coalition for Community Control Over the Police is demanding charges be filed.
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Letter Carriers union files nationwide grievance against mail slowdown scheme
August 10, 2020One lawmaker says DeJoy’s slowdown scheme “is absolutely an attempt to interfere with the election."
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‘Cancel the Rent’—Tenants pressure D.C. city council and corporate landlords
August 10, 2020Thousands of residents in the nation’s capital are on the brink of eviction.
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Virtual march on Livermore Lab caps Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing anniversaries
August 10, 2020The U.S. lab is devoting nearly 90% of its over-$2 billion budget for 2020-21 to nuclear weapons; only 2% will go to civilian science.
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