Labor
‘Be your own boss!’: The myth of unemployment as opportunity
February 7, 2023Most new small businesses fail, but capitalism’s spin doctors are still telling laid-off workers that losing their job is a chance for success.
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Surprise! Economy adds 517K jobs in January
February 6, 2023The jobs jump and prior revisions produced more good news. Unemployment declined to 3.4%, the lowest point since 1969.
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Amazon lands in the soup with OSHA—again
February 3, 2023In deep trouble already for thwarting unionization drives, now Amazon is in trouble for endangering the lives of its workers.
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BCTGM workers at Ingredion win new pact after forced 175-day strike
February 1, 2023They join the growing list of workers across the country who win battles with bosses after intolerable conditions force them out on strike.
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Workers, unions, leaders win drive for Mother Jones statue in Chicago
January 31, 2023The Mother Jones statue also will be a notable labor sculpture in the nationwide campaign to replace statues of oppressors.
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