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Low pay pushes Maximus Affordable Care Act call center workers to unionize
October 20, 2023A strike may be in the offing.
Read more85,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin voting on ‘landmark’ new pact
October 18, 2023$25 minimum wage for health care workers in Calif., $23 elsewhere.
Read moreSpoiler alert: RFK Jr. enters presidential race as an independent
October 10, 2023His candidacy could help throw the election to Donald Trump.
Read moreMiguel Otávio, 5, victim of the legacy of slavery in Brazil
October 05, 2023RECIFE, Pernambuco (Brazil) — Last week, newspapers here reported that the Regional Labor Court of the 6th Region had sentenced the former mayor of Tamandaré, Sérgio Hacker Corte Real, and his wife, Sari Mariana Costa Gaspar Corte Real, to pay R$2.01 million (approx. US $400,000) in damages to the family of Miguel Otávio, who died after falling from the 9th floor of the luxury building where the couple lived, and...
Read moreU.S. labor upsurge grows as 75,000 healthcare workers plan strike
October 02, 2023Kaiser Permanente workers, determined to end exploitation of themselves and their patients, have voted to authorize a huge strike beginning on October 4.
Read more75.000 personas marchan ante la ONU para exigir acciones contra el calentamiento global
September 20, 2023La marcha abrió una Cumbre de Ambición Climática de la ONU de una semana de duración, convocada por el Secretario General de la ONU, António Guterres, el único líder, además de Lula, que parecía estar escuchando.
Read moreBiden at U.N. General Assembly offers little hope for peace
September 20, 2023It is sad that when Biden spoke he offered nothing that either recognized or grappled with the new realities reflected around the world.
Read more75,000 march on the United Nations to demand action against global warming
September 20, 2023Only President Lula of Brazil seemed to be listening.
Read moreAnti-monopoly showdown as Google trust-busting trial opens in D.C.
September 12, 2023It’s the biggest tech trust-busting effort since Microsoft, but did Trump sink the case before it even gets off the ground?
Read moreAniversario del 11 de septiembre: los costos de la guerra sin fin
September 11, 2023La gente en el bajo Manhattan observa las nubes de humo que salen del World Trade Center de Nueva York el 11 de septiembre de 2001. | Amy Sancetta/AP ¿Cómo medimos el tiempo transcurrido desde que terroristas de Al Qaeda estrellaron aviones secuestrados contra el World Trade Center y el Pentágono y estrellaron otro en un campo de Pensilvania el 11 de septiembre de 2001? ¿Cómo deberíamos contar el impacto...
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