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Guest farm workers face exploitation, harsh conditions
June 13, 2018Many migrant workers on H-2A temporary agricultural visas are forced to contend with unsafe working conditions, wage theft and other labor law violations.
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New York nurses rally for safe staffing ratios
June 12, 2018The Nurses' Union is demanding improved staffing to patient ratios which will improve quality of care and allow nurses to spend more time with individual patients, providing support and comfort as well as medical treatment.
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Worker rights theme of Poor People’s Campaign this week
June 12, 2018“But I’m here for people who don’t have unions. They too need higher wages, they need unions."
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This week in history: Hate crime laws are ruled constitutional
June 11, 2018In 1993, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that hate crime laws are not “constitutionally and morally unsound.”
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Sotomayor says Puerto Rico recovery “decades” away
June 11, 2018The island’s difficulties are compounded by “a great deal of red tape” from the federal government.
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