Poverty
50 arrested protesting Walmart’s poverty wages
November 8, 2013LOS ANGELES - The modern-day story of David and Goliath is playing out in cities and towns across America, and last night, on Cesar Chavez Avenue, one of the story's scenes took place when Walmart workers...
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Nowadays it doesn’t take tanks to overrun Europe
November 5, 2013Because Germany has the biggest economy in the EU, and is at the center of a "core" of wealthy nations that also use the Euro - France, Austria, and the Netherlands - Berlin largely calls the...
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Perez: Cut poverty? Among other things, strengthen unions
October 31, 2013"Any anti-poverty approach must raise up the rights of workers to join a union and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions."
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Today in labor history: Wall Street crash of 1929
October 29, 2013The Wall Street Crash was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S. Iit signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.
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ALEC tries new gerrymandering efforts in Ohio counties
October 15, 2013The ALEC forces are now subjecting Ohio counties with a strong organized labor base, to an onslaught of proposed changes in county government which, if passed, will abolish countywide election of county leaders.
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