National
NY state raises minimum wage to $15, enacts paid family leave
April 7, 2016An increasing list of states, tired of GOP-ordered dysfunction in D.C., have raised their minimums.
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Rebellion growing in Juarez border factories
April 7, 2016Workers have marched through the streets and demanded recognition of independent unions.
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ICE terror protested in the streets, discussed on Capitol Hill
April 7, 2016"It often breaks my heart," she said, "but I have to send children back to their home countries even though I know I might be giving them a death sentence."
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Even before new $15/hour minimum wage signed, California workers celebrated
April 6, 2016The celebrations began early, even as California's new minimum wage law was still racing through the state legislature last week.
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Sanders wins Wisconsin in a landslide, works to build unity
April 6, 2016Bernie Sanders made a special appeal to union members, who for years have been the target of attacks by right-wing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
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