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This week in the war on workers: Chicago teachers protest planned cuts and layoffs

Leave a Comment / unemployment / By max cyril

Chicago schools and teachers are once again under serious attack from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, and once again, the Chicago Teachers Union is showing that it is a powerful force. Thousands of teachers and supporters rallied Thursday, with 16 people arrested, protesting massive proposed cuts and layoffs: Officials with Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday they’re …

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Employee Free Choice supporters blast Rite Aid with new report on company’s union busting at West Coast warehouse

Supporters urging passage of the Employee Free Choice Act took to the streets on Monday, August 10 to back warehouse workers at Rite Aid’s massive distribution center in Lancaster, California. They released a new Jobs with Justice report about how management there has aggressively interfered in workers’ freedom to form a union. The 12-page report: …

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The Minimum Wage–And Why the Recovery is Not Coming

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

Today, the minimum wage rises to $7.25 an hour. We should all be glad that millions of people are going to get a bit more money in their pockets. But, this hike masks a very grim fact: the “recovery” is not going to happen anytime soon, if the measure we use for “recovery” is that …

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An American Scandal: The Minimum Wage

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

The minimum wage is a scandal. It masks poverty. It must be dramatically raised. On July 24th, the minimum wage will rise to $7.25 an hour. I applaud people who worked hard to pass the three-step hike. The new level will put some extra money in the pockets of millions of Americans and, modestly, bump …

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This week in the war on workers: Chicago teachers protest planned cuts and layoffs

Employee Free Choice supporters blast Rite Aid with new report on company’s union busting at West Coast warehouse

The Minimum Wage–And Why the Recovery is Not Coming

An American Scandal: The Minimum Wage

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