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Labor Dept. to coal mine owners: Pay black lung victims’ claims, then appeal
April 29, 2016The old appeal policy left hundreds of thousands of coal miners, disabled from black lung disease, usually without a penny of benefits before they died.
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The “skills gap” myth: What’s really driving down wages?
December 31, 2015There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.
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L.A. port truckers win again, misclassified as independent contractors
December 31, 2015Eploited port truck drivers at the nation's largest cargo terminal, Los Angeles-Long Beach, won another round in their long fight for fair pay, job protections and the right to organize.
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Workers and their union, SEIU, fight for housing at “pop-up” Thanksgiving
December 2, 2015It was to shine a light on how working families are affected negatively by the high cost of living in the city and the lack of livable wages.
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USW-ArcelorMittal steel talks to resume
September 29, 2015"Steel jobs provide decent living wages and help support a lot of other jobs in the community; the company wants to take that away."
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