Labor
Iraqi youth activists released from detention
June 8, 2011The four charged that they had been arrested for participating in demonstrations calling for political reform, ending corruption and providing services to the people.
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Unions and the middle class: What’s in a name?
June 8, 2011Defending the middle class has become a central theme in labor's fightback.
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Service employees join suit vs. Georgia’s anti-immigrant law
June 8, 2011Call Georgia's anti-immigrant law "racial profiling" that threatens to turn Georgia into "a police state."
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Vermont makes move toward single-payer health care
June 3, 2011Vermont has taken the first step towards creating a statewide single-payer government-run health care system.
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Minimum wage is a poverty wage
June 3, 2011Imagine trying to live on $7.25 an hour. Even if you managed to work full eight-hour days, you'd be making only about $58 a day, $290 a week.
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