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Life for working people. So tell us one story that you have written about concerning low wage workers, the struggle of fastfood workers and what those stories show about the uniqueness of these struggles today. Okay. Well, okay, so i am from the minnesota Labor Association and project of work day minnesota and it was sort of my idea, or whatever. Right . But anyway. We have been covering a lot of oh, working minnesota is the first online labor newspaper in the united states. We think. Founded in...

Of a eulogy. Thing is, this had is not a funeral. And the elders who are with us today in this room and with us in spirit and their local place of residency are still very much alive and fighting and wonderful resource of knowledge of things we are that things the party we need to know and be reminded of in order to be the best we can be and looking forward towards the future. Political activist jane baldwin once said children have never been very good at listening to their elders. They have nev...

Minutes. 2 death through daly city into San Francisco is under ten minutes. The bay bridge toll plaza shows everything is moving along fine making the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza from the maze. We have break news in san jose, a man died after being stabbed outside a bar on east santa clara street. Police believe the trouble started with a fight inside that spilled into the streets. Witnesses say the victim and suspect appear to be men in their 20s and we have a look at the scene, you c...

Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. New restrictions for Health Care Workers who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the liberian man with the first case of ebola diagnosed here in the United States. State officials are asking dozens of staff at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital to sign an agreement stating theyll avoid commercial travel and public gatherings for 21 days, thats the maximum incubation period of the ebola virus. And a top Dallas Health official who...

On, people are very, very angry. He is way beyond the pale of his criticism of the fbi and the doj. United states will use all necessary measures to defend itself against north korean aggression. The United States must protect itself if theres an immediate threat against our security. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christie paul. After months of negotiations the Republican Party has reached a deal on tax reform. The key vote set to happen on tuesday and if it passes it is goin...

Comprised of immigrant essential workers, Workers Justice Project and Los Deliveristas Unidos are organizing the way forward for the labor movement.

Peoples World Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their wages. When a recession hits, U.S. companies are more likely to stiff their lowest-wage workers. These businesses often pay less than the minimum wage, make employees work off the clock, or refuse to pay overtime rates. In the most egregious cases, bosses don’t pay their employees at all. Companies that hire chil...