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    Regardless of Economic Plan America Can’t Compete

    APRIL 14, 2012 5:10PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: workplace safety, working conditions, workers, war on the wealthy, war on the middle class, war on everyone, us economy, united we stand divided we fall, uganda, third world, tax, sweatshops, skills, safety, rupee, republicans, recession, politics, offshoring, made in japan, korea, jobs, japan, india, health, factories, exporting jobs, economics, economic holocaust, deregulation, democrats, costs, competition, china, america cant compete, abolish regulations

    • 1 Ratings
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    What Maggie Murphy Got Wrong About Bloomington

    APRIL 13, 2012 3:33PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: morning hoe, joe scarbourough, parade magazine, what people earn, total cereal, hardest working towns, columbia south carolina, hartford connecticut, norfolk virginia, bloomington indiana, tuscaloosa alabama, factory towns, rca thompson, otis elevator, mexico, general electric, cook company, boston scientific, medical devices, manufacturing, showers furniture factory, college towns, indiana university, bloomington hospital, ivy tech, macri's, university of south carolina, university of connecticut, hartford university, norfolk state university, old dominion, university of alabama, unemployment, poverty, reading pennsylvania, flint michigan, students, workers, economy, firefighters, goldman sachs, bonuses, bailout, mika brzezinski, bobby flay, donny deutch, maggie murphy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 124 Views
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    What America can do for its workers

    MARCH 23, 2012 7:19AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: workers, business, budget, tax shelters, tax incentives, public works, welfare, retraining, blue-collar, prosperity, business, trade, nafta

    • 1 Ratings
    • 224 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Yes, Retail Means Jobs. But What Kind?

    FEBRUARY 6, 2012 3:40PM

    By retail action project


    Topics: business, economy, retail, workers

    • 3 Ratings
    • 382 Views
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    Thomas Friedman and the Law of Averages

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 4:19PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: new york times, work, workers, employment, technology, self serve, grocery stores, cashiers, wait staff, restaurants, averages, mit, security, zappos, united states, egypt, china, mumbai, labor, unions, revolution, education, debt, average, thomas friedman

    • 3 Ratings
    • 299 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Wealth, Poverty and the Role of Government

    JANUARY 30, 2012 5:31PM

    By SocialJustice


    Topics: politics, family, opportunity, equality, income, unfair taxes, taxes, romney, obama, low-income, poll, work, workers, unemployment, poor, economy, jobs, poverty

    • 0 Ratings
    • 171 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Poll: 88 % Say Candidates Should Focus on Poverty

    JANUARY 24, 2012 11:01AM

    By SocialJustice


    Topics: low-income, poll, work, workers, unemployment, poor, economy, jobs, poverty

    • 0 Ratings
    • 251 Views
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    Abolishing Corporate Personhood Is Not Enough!

    JANUARY 23, 2012 2:33AM

    By Organian


    Topics: socialism, workers, labor, occupy, corporate personhood, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 361 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    House bill denies unemployment to workers w/no H.S. diploma

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 3:15PM

    By SocialJustice


    Topics: politics, wall street, economy, business, poor, low-income, unemployment, jobless, workers, labor

    • 0 Ratings
    • 221 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Congress could make life worse for jobless

    NOVEMBER 30, 2011 5:39PM

    By SocialJustice


    Topics: poor, policy, poverty, workers, unemployment, jobs, business, economy, politics, congress

    • 0 Ratings
    • 75 Views
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    No Black Friday

    NOVEMBER 24, 2011 3:46AM

    By Anya Khan


    Topics: workers, thanksgiving, shopping

    • 0 Ratings
    • 64 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    No Black Friday

    NOVEMBER 24, 2011 3:46AM

    By Anya Khan


    Topics: workers, thanksgiving, shopping

    • 0 Ratings
    • 438 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Why high unemployment can't become ordinary

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 11:54AM

    By SocialJustice


    Topics: congress, politics, wall street, economy, business, poor, low-income, unemployment, super committee, workers, policy, bills, legislation, emergency unemployment, jobs bill, economic recovery

    • 3 Ratings
    • 385 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Morning Joe and the "New Normal"

    OCTOBER 25, 2011 10:18AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: economy, gm, dan akerson, joe scarborough, morning joe, united states, workers, new normal, jobs, opinion

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1596 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    I Was a Terrorist Suspect

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 3:38PM

    By The Chocolate Covered Kitchen


    Topics: homeland security, patriot act, terrorism, workers, bullying, mobbing

    • 4 Ratings
    • 616 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Plastic Jesus and Gumbie

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 9:52AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: flood, natural disasters, workers, prayer, hope, smiles, hurricane katrina, hurricane irene, photographs

    • 3 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Class warfare, anyone?

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 5:03PM

    By Rosemarie Treece


    Topics: economy, business, unions, middle class, workers

    • 2 Ratings
    • 389 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Sweet Smell of Exploitation

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 10:57AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: herseys, pennsylvania, milton hersey, exploitation, j-1 visas, corporations, workers, students, unions, strike, labor

    • 7 Ratings
    • 673 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    The Labor We Value -- And That Which We Do Not

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 10:45AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: politics, movies, news, business, hard work, workers, employment, labor day, work

    • 0 Ratings
    • 446 Views
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    Unveiling Comrade King

    AUGUST 23, 2011 11:28AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: national mall, art, united states, washington, d., china, industry, workers, union, labor, civil rights, economic justice, communists, j. edgar hoover, chairman mao, lei yixin, harry e. johnson, king children, scott garvin, clyde tolson, huey p. newton, james caffers, dr. martin luther king jr.

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