Labor
Hartford and New Haven join fast-food workers strike in 150 cities
May 19, 2014"Where Congress is failing to take action to address inequality, these workers are leading the way; their fight is a shining light that will benefit all workers in the country."
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Fast food workers striking all over the world
May 15, 2014Today, fast food workers around the world are engaging in a one-day strike calling for higher wages and the right to form a union.
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Mine disasters in W.Va., Turkey tied to corporate negligence
May 15, 2014Two mineworkers were killed late Monday after being trapped in a collapse in a coal mine in Wharton, W.Va., operated by the Patriot Coal Company.
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Union leader says Supreme Court favors billionaires over workers
May 15, 2014The campaign finance rulings "open the gates to billionaires" to capture the U.S. political process while shutting workers out, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
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Reader voices: Night shift at McDonald’s, grease burns, minimum wage
May 15, 2014I have worked in the fast food industry myself for two years; I can say it is an exhausting, very underpaying industry to work in.
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