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Dem-run House passes pay equity over GOP, biz opposition

March 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

With strong worker, labor and women’s groups’ support, the Democratic-run U.S. House voted March 27 to strengthen the 56-year-old U.S. pay equity law.

Uber and Lyft drivers are employees, not contractors, new California bill says

March 28, 2019 By AFL-CIO

The proposal comes as both Uber and Lyft prepare to launch initial public offerings or IPOs, raising billions of dollars from Wall Street investors.

Chicago about to elect its first African American woman as mayor

March 28, 2019 By John Bachtell

Since both candidates take similar positions labor and its allies have divided their support.

China becoming more of an open book to much of the world

March 27, 2019 By Cameron Orr

22 communists from the United States, Canada, the UK, Finland, Norway, and Sweden returned home after their two-week visit to Zhejiang Province and Beijing in China.

Bombs fall again in Gaza as Netanyahu fights for re-election

March 27, 2019 By Vijay Prashad

New UN report finds reasonable grounds to believe Israeli snipers knowingly shot at journalists, health workers, children, and persons with disabilities.