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Labor Department Hits the Road To Push Minimum Wage Hike

By Bruce Vail

 
Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris listens May 14 as fast food worker Laura Bailey describes the financial stresses of raising a daughter while earning $7.80 an hour. Between them is Jonathan Martin, another Baltimore worker who would benefit from a minimum wage increase. (U.S. Department of Labor)

Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris listens May 14 as fast food worker Laura Bailey describes the financial stresses of raising a daughter while earning $7.80 an hour. Between...

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Stewart Acuff to Speak at Saturday Rally to Commemorate 1937 Republic Steel Memorial Day Massacre

by Stewart Acuff

 

accuffMDMTomorrow I will speak at a rally in Chicago to commemorate the Republic Steel Memorial Day Massacre of 1937 when 10 striking members of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee...

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The Upside Down Economy

by Harold Meyerson

 
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One aspect that defines our current economy is that things are happening that shouldn’t be happening. I don’t mean that things are happening that are...

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LaborNotes Troublemakers School NYC May 18

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Sharecropping on Wheels

By Sarah Jaffe

standupforsavannahThe port of Savannah, Georgia generates some $14.9 million in income each year and brings in goods that are dispensed throughout the South—including to a massive Wal-Mart...

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