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Higher state minimum wage campaign gains steam in Minnesota
October 23, 2013The drive to enact a higher state minimum wage in Minnesota has gained steam.
Read moreReport: 70 million born between 1980 and 2000 in big trouble
October 23, 2013Millennials are facing double-digit unemployment rates, low wages, mounting college costs, and crippling student-loan debt.
Read moreJobless rate drops slightly in September
October 22, 2013The U.S. unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent from August to September, to 7.2 percent, the BLS said. The partial federal shutdown/lockout sent all of the BLS staff home in the first two weeks of October and...
Read moreIn New York, Lhota leans right
October 22, 2013Lhota has a big problem: he wants to continue Bloomberg's pro Wall Street policies, but to get votes he must paint himself as a liberal. It appears that tactic is not going to fly.
Read moreThe time is now for the rights of immigrants and all workers
October 21, 2013The time for government action is now. In the days and weeks to come, labor and immigrant rights organizations will hold more dramatic actions.
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