Walker Takes His War On Unions National

Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during a town hall meeting Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions — a familiar foe for the Wisconsin governor — in […]

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Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during a town hall meeting Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions — a familiar foe for the Wisconsin governor — in a sweeping plan to upend pillars of organized labor nationwide. Walker's plan calls for eliminating unions for employees of the federal government, making all

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VIDEO: Low-Wage Workers Retake National Stage in ‘Fight for 15’

Workers from fast food, health care, and other industries call for fair pay and respect.

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis

Thousands of workers in several different low-pay industries—including fast food, airlines, and health care—staged protests throughout the country on Thursday to demand a $15 an hour minimum wage, improved benefits, and collective bargaining rights, marking the two-year anniversary of the movement that has come to be known as the Fight for

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Zim Shipping “On The Ropes” In Oakland As Activists Prepare To Block The Boat Again

A diverse coalition of pro-Palestine activists and organizations prepare to return to stop Israel’s largest maritime cargo corporation from unloading cargo at the Port of Oakland, costing the Israeli shipping company money and time and hurting its reputation.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

AUSTIN, Texas --- After multiple Block The Boat actions, even opponents of the blockade movement admit that Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Israel's largest maritime cargo corporation, is on the defensive. The next in this series of direct actions, which attempt to prevent Zim shipping vessels from unloading at U.S. ports in a show of support

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Supreme Court Ruling A ‘Slap In The Face’ To Public Unions

Conservative majority sides with anti-union groups, though it stops short of worst-case scenario.

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally

Though not as damaging to public sector unions as a more aggressive decision would have been, a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has dealt a significant blow to organized labor with 5-4 decision that again fell along the court's ideological divide. "Today’s decision to limit workers’ freedom to form unions is a slap in the face to the

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Who’s Fighting For Public Workers?

(AP/Michael Conroy) Sometimes you have to step back a few paces to see how much conservatism has distorted the public debate. Case in point: employment. Somehow the right has managed to stigmatize public-sector jobs so effectively that only politicians of rare and admirable courage are willing to defend them. Unfortunately, those politicians seems to be […]

Richard (RJ) Eskow
بواسطة Richard (RJ) Eskow

Sometimes you have to step back a few paces to see how much conservatism has distorted the public debate. Case in point: employment. Somehow the right has managed to stigmatize public-sector jobs so effectively that only politicians of rare and admirable courage are willing to defend them. Unfortunately, those politicians seems to be in short

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Walmart Admits: ‘Our Profits’ Depend On ‘Their Poverty’

Critics cite irony of annual report filing: ‘This is a company that everywhere it goes it creates poverty’

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley

Although a notorious recipient of "corporate welfare," Walmart has now admitted that their massive profits also depend on the funding of food stamps and other public assistance programs. In their annual report, filed with the Security and Exchange Commission last week, the retail giant lists factors that could potentially harm future

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