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Report: State lawmakers enable wage theft, child labor

November 1, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Corporations and their right-wing groups like ALEC have succeeded in rolling back wages and labor standards using state legislatures, according to a new report from Economic Policy Institute.

St. Louis hearing spotlights government subsidies of fast food giants

November 1, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

ST. LOUIS - "We are here to help create a climate where the denial of workers' rights will not be tolerated," Joan Suarez, co-chair of the St. Louis Jobs with Justice Workers' Rights Board, said as...

Government shuts down, but anti-Cuba program keeps going

November 1, 2013 By Richard Grassl

While essential government services that help millions of ordinary people were shut down, Radio and TV Marti kept broadcasting.

ENDA nears passage in Senate

October 31, 2013 By Teresa Albano

Two Republican senators signed on as co-sponsors of the bill, and all Democrats have either signed on as co-sponsors or pledged to vote for it.

War zone extends to Colombian prisons

October 31, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Negotiators at peace talks in Cuba between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are discussing political prisoners as part of their current agenda item.