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Women workers score a court victory for Equal Pay Day
April 11, 2018Fresno County schools hired Aileen Rizo, but, basing its decision on her prior pay, paid her a starting salary $13,000 below a man in an identical job. That’s illegal.
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California offshore oil firms rack up nearly 400 violations
April 11, 2018Critics have long said state regulators were too cozy with oil interests and had gone easy on enforcement.
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Nashville Indigenous community commemorates Dragging Canoe Day; honors Cherokee leader
April 11, 2018“To see the future, one needs only to look at the past.”
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‘Woe unto those who legislate evil’: New Poor People’s Campaign launches
April 10, 2018Organizers plan weeks of peaceful civil disobedience.
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Fight for $15 blocks McDonald’s deal dumping labor law responsibility on franchisees
April 10, 2018A deal between Trump's NLRB and McDonald's would have absolved corporate headquarters of making sure their franchisees follow labor law.
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