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Disabled workers paid sub-minimum wages in sheltered workshops
March 12, 2014People with intellectual or physical disabilities are often working in "sheltered workshops" across this nation for sub-minimum wage.
Read moreUndaunted by rain, Tacoma marchers demand “$15 now!”
March 12, 2014It was International Women's Day, Mar. 8, and nearly 100 women and men marched in a steady downpour here to demand an increase in the minimumwage to $15 an hour.
Read moreNavy hired company blocking union organizing rights
March 3, 2014An Australian ship building company in Mobile, Ala., hired by the Navy is forcing workers to follow bad construction plans and, at the same time, is blocking their effort to unionize.
Read moreUnion leaders hail Obama infrastructure push
March 3, 2014"The president wants to push for public and private infrastructure investment, we say bring it on. Union workers stand ready to meet the needs of the largest project you can think up."
Read moreWhy Missouri’s assisted healthcare system is sick
February 27, 2014I've witnessed healthcare workers in a suffocating environment that is dubious from start to finish.
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