Labor
LA women on hunger strike for $15 at mayor’s door
April 17, 2015"We are bringing this fight to the doors of the mayor and city council members, telling them what they are proposing is not enough."
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Low wage workers rally at Connecticut state capitol
April 16, 2015The beautiful, sunny day put an extra spring in the steps of the protesters who chanted, "What do we want? - 15!, When do we want it - Now!"
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Miners and farmers challenge Mexico’s copper giant
April 16, 2015"The government and Grupo Mexico are making history but backwards, taking away the right to strike and the right to industrial safety."
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Housekeepers on strike at Chicago’s Monaco Hotel
April 16, 2015"I love my job, but it has been very difficult. I clean sixteen rooms every day. When I get home from work I feel pain all over my body."
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Unions and environmentalists descend on DC to oppose fast track
April 16, 2015The TPP would give firms and investors "rights and privileges" that make it safer to take production overseas to low-wage, labor and human rights violators.
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