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NLRB declares taxi drivers are employees, can vote to unionize

October 30, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Taxi drivers, like millions of other such exploited workers nationwide, are not "independent contractors" but are really employees.

Experts: “New” economy is just another way to suppress workers’ rights

October 30, 2015 By Larry Rubin

"New" economy workers can only be protected by policies that protect all workers, like ones that define the difference between an employee and an independent contractor.

Nepal’s parliament elects nation’s first female president

October 29, 2015 By Binaj Gurubacharya

Bidhya Devi Bhandari said her election marked a first step toward assuring the new constitutional guarantees of equality are fulfilled.

UN General Assembly once more rejects U.S. blockade of Cuba

October 29, 2015 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The UN General Assembly voted on Cuba's resolution calling for "an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. against Cuba."

Trial of coal criminal Blankenship finally begins

October 29, 2015 By John Milam

Don Blankenship, the accused coal criminal and former CEO of Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine, may finally face justice.