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Disabled workers paid starvation wages
The National Disability Rights Network released a report on Jan. 18 detailing the widespread oppression faced by workers with disabilities.
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Bradley Manning faces new abuse in prison
Bradley Manning, accused of leaking classified materials to Wikileaks, continues to suffer under deplorable conditions at the Quantico military base…
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Census shows widespread poverty
According to a report published by the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2009 15.7 percent of people in the United States…
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Workers in Norwich, Conn., organize against cuts to social services
Municipal workers organized by United Electrical Workers Local 222 are fighting back against social service cuts and a pay freeze…
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Pay freeze announced for federal workers
On Nov. 29, Pres. Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for nearly two million workers employed by the federal government…
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State legislatures prepare to introduce anti-immigrant bills
In an effort to divide the working class as the economic crisis drags on, many state legislatures are set to…
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Gas prices highest since the beginning of the economic crisis
Even as unemployment, foreclosure rates and poverty remain stunningly high, gasoline prices now average $3.07 per gallon—a level unseen since…
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Workers sue Sodexo for wage theft
Roughly 80 workers in Lehigh Valley, Pa., recently brought a class-action lawsuit against Sodexo, a multi-billion-dollar food service and building…
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Senate votes against Dream Act
On Dec. 18, the Dream Act was filibustered and failed to pass in the U.S. Senate. The proposed law would…
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Obama issues first pardons, ignores Mumia, Peltier, Cuban Five and others
On Dec. 3, Pres. Obama granted nine pardons, the first since he took office, absolving the recipients of various minor…
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