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People’s World to co-sponsor Sunday town hall forum on unemployment crisis
August 14, 2020This Sunday, Aug. 16, at 8:00 PM Eastern, 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, 5:00 Pacific. Register here.
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S.F. judge: Uber, Lyft drivers are ‘employees’ with worker rights, not ‘contractors’
August 11, 2020The big ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft break California law by misclassifying their drivers as “independent contractors,” not “employees” with worker rights, a judge has decided.
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Worker’s death sparks historic oil and gas strike in Iran
August 10, 2020The strike action was triggered when Ebrahim Arabzadeh, a contract worker at Mahshahr petrochemical complex, died from heat exhaustion at work.
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San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors give stadium workers the boot
August 10, 2020Curiously, I got canned on the very same day I got my last $600-per-week pandemic unemployment payment. That $600 is bye-bye now, courtesy of the Republicans in the Senate.
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‘Out of money tomorrow’—Unemployed workers facing nightmare after $600 expires
August 7, 2020Around the country, across industries and occupations, millions of Americans thrown out of work because of the coronavirus are straining to afford the basics.
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