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India: Right wing uses COVID-19 to implement 12-hour workday, 72-hour week
May 15, 2020The right-wing BJP party is taking advantage of the crisis to sweep away all kinds of labor legislation.
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Back to work, or else: Trump administration tells states to pull unemployment benefits
May 15, 2020The Trump Labor Department is telling employers to report on workers who won't go back to unsafe workplaces - and telling states to yank their unemployment benefits.
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Seeking justice for Breonna Taylor: Essential health worker killed by police
May 15, 2020Even sleeping while Black is now a dangerous activity.
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Whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright testifies winter could be ‘darkest in modern history’
May 15, 2020Top Health and Human Services official dumped by Trump details for Congress the deadly consequences of administration’s response to coronavirus pandemic.
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Food or compost? People go hungry while hogs are plowed under
May 15, 2020A cartoon from Greg Kearney.
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