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Race to the bottom for sweatshop workers
May 28, 2013Minimum wage workers, earning $74 a month were beaten by riot police for a protest demanding a $14 a month raise.
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Today in labor history: Rochester general strike
May 28, 2013The strike was precipitated when city workers were summarily fired after attempting to form a union.
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Yahoo grabs Tumblr: Will the blog site be corporatized?
May 25, 2013Popular news site Yahoo purchased social network/microblogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion on May 20, and now many are asking:"Will Tumblr be ruined?"
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California labor moves to halt Walmart abuse
May 25, 2013California labor and social justice groups are throwing down the gauntlet to Walmart during a two-week statewide tour to protest the giant retailer's abuse of taxpayers and workers alike.
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Obama proposes end to “state of perpetual war”
May 25, 2013In a speech at the National Defense University yesterday President Barack Obama declared the nation must move away from the "state of perpetual war" that has existed since 9/11.
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