Labor
Fast food workers strike in 150 U.S. cities and 36 countries
May 16, 2014"It feels good to be a part of history. It's been a year that fast-food workers first went on strike for $15 and a union and now our movement has spread all over the world."
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Fast food workers striking all over the world
May 15, 2014Today, fast food workers around the world are engaging in a one-day strike calling for higher wages and the right to form a union.
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Mine disasters in W.Va., Turkey tied to corporate negligence
May 15, 2014Two mineworkers were killed late Monday after being trapped in a collapse in a coal mine in Wharton, W.Va., operated by the Patriot Coal Company.
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Union leader says Supreme Court favors billionaires over workers
May 15, 2014The campaign finance rulings "open the gates to billionaires" to capture the U.S. political process while shutting workers out, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
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Today in labor history: Anti-Monopoly Party founded
May 14, 2014There were 200 delegates from 16 states at the convention, including 61 from Illinois and Michigan.
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