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The “skills gap” myth: What’s really driving down wages?
December 31, 2015There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.
Read moreNews Guild’s Lunzer: Court ruling could chill First Amendment
December 18, 2015"The Chicago Sun-Times is being punished for doing exactly what a news organization is supposed to do: Hold the people in power to account."
Read moreCommunications Workers endorse Sanders
December 18, 2015"Sanders stands with working families against corporate greed, Wall Street, and the big banks, and we are going to help him."
Read moreFor labor, 2015 began and ended with political action
December 18, 2015The year kicked off with a comprehensive "Raise The Wage" campaign and the advocation of a wide-ranging package of measures to restore the middle class.
Read moreBurn the TPP, not workers
December 17, 2015Middle America is smoldering. For too long, citizens worked harder and produced more, yet corporations cut pay and benefits.
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