u.s. working class
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Devastating cuts to food stamps, while pantries report critical shortages
Cutting food stamps by $8 billion over the next decade, poor and working-class families will see immediate cuts of $90…
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Unemployment for young Black males in Chicago highest in US
This shocking number is higher than the already abysmal national average of 83 percent
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Silicon Valley monopolies conspired against high-tech workers
In 2005, Apple’s Steve Jobs arranged a secret and illegal pact with Google’s Eric Schmidt to hold down their workers'…
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Public outrage over Google buses in San Francisco
Non-profits, grass-roots organizations, activist and labor groups have been fighting against the growing tide of evictions.
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1.3 million workers lose unemployment benefits so Congress can leave for vacation
The phenomenon of unemployment is a profound crisis for each jobless individual but an opportunity for capitalists to have unemployed…
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Fast food workers ‘Fight for 15’
Dec. 5 was a nationwide day of strikes by fast food workers in cities across the U.S. Liberation News was…
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Black Friday protests demand justice for Walmart workers
On Nov. 29, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, known as “Black Friday,” protesters gathered at as many as 1,500…
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Pizza Hut manager fired for refusing to open on Thanksgiving
The relentless quest for profit by the capitalist class is keeping families apart on Thanksgiving Day, a holiday seen as…
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McResource Line to workers: Shut up and chew gum
The fast food giant McDonald's is telling its employees to stop whining, for their own good of course.
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OUR Walmart prepares for more ‘Black Friday’ actions
This year’s Black Friday actions take place against the backdrop of legal setbacks for the retail giant.
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