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Unprecedented: Black Friday at Walmart

29 Nov, 2012

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29 Nov, 2012

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Unprecedented: Black Friday at Walmart

Walmart workers made history last Friday by pulling off on one of the biggest shopping days of the year what Josh Eidelson, writing for The Nation, called "the largest-ever US strike against the largest employer in the world."

Unprecedented: Black Friday at Walmart

"Fix the Debt" brought to you by the same people behind the Great Recession

27 Nov, 2012

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27 Nov, 2012

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"Fix the Debt" brought to you by the same people behind the Great Recession

A coalition of CEOs and corporations lobbying hard to cut their taxes and pay for it by cutting your benefits, "Fix the Debt" began rolling out its $60 million media campaign to bamboozle reporters and the public, today. The corporations pushing the agenda include financial crisis-causing Goldman Sachs and others like them.

"Fix the Debt" brought to you by the same people behind the Great Recession

Make it a Union Made Thanksgiving

Make it a Union Made Thanksgiving

16 Nov, 2012

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Make it a Union Made Thanksgiving

Before you go shopping for the ingredients to your perfect Thanksgiving feast, be sure to look for the brands for your favorite foods that come with a union label.

Make it a Union Made Thanksgiving

Walmart workers are going on strike this Black Friday

16 Nov, 2012

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16 Nov, 2012

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Walmart workers are going on strike this Black Friday

Something big is happening at Walmart. American workers at the largest retailer in the world are finally reaching their resistance point and walking off the job to protest low-wages, poor working conditions, a lack of respect on the job, and retaliation against them for their efforts to make change at Walmart.

Walmart workers are going on strike this Black Friday

Trumka: "Fiscal cliff" is "nonsense", a "manufactured crisis"

Trumka: "Fiscal cliff" is "nonsense", a "manufactured crisis"

16 Nov, 2012

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Trumka: "Fiscal cliff" is "nonsense", a "manufactured crisis"

"There is no fiscal cliff! What we’re facing is an obstacle course within a manufactured crisis that was hastily thrown together in response to inflated rhetoric about our federal deficit."

Trumka: "Fiscal cliff" is "nonsense", a "manufactured crisis"

Obama: "Let's extend the middle class tax cuts right now"

16 Nov, 2012

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16 Nov, 2012

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Obama: "Let's extend the middle class tax cuts right now"

Last week, having won re-election in which his pledge to let expire tax giveaways to those making more than $250,000 a year was a central part of the campaign, President Obama delivered an economic address in the White House, and he drew a clear line in the sand for budget negotiations.

Obama: "Let's extend the middle class tax cuts right now"