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Patriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
June 13, 2013TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June...
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California leads the way for Obamacare
June 11, 2013California, with the nation's biggest insurance market, continues to lead the nation in preparing for next year's launch of the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare."
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Attention Walmart: Part time at $7.40 equals poverty
June 7, 2013DEARBORN, Mich. - Three weeks ago, 400 fast food workers across Metro Detroit shocked their employers by walking off the job demanding a living wage of $15.00 an hour.
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Actions backing Walmart strikers spread coast to coast
June 7, 2013CHICAGO - A protest outside the West Loop Walmart store here was only one of countless demonstrations that broke out today across the country in support of striking workers at the world's biggest retail giant.
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Letter from the heartland: Fried in capitalism’s frying pan
May 30, 2013At the Liars' Table you need thick skin and working-class sensibilities that the collective good and the common weal will overcome.
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