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Walmart feeling the heat as winter approaches
November 27th, 2013
This is typically the season to be merry for big box retailers like Walmart, which reap enormous profits at the end of each year. The world’s largest retailer, however, now faces a number of problems related to how it treats its employees. Only day…
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What is discrimination?
November 11th, 2013
The law defines illegal discrimination as treating someone less favorably – regarding wages, employee benefits, or other terms of employment – because of a protected status, such as race, sex, age, disability, religion, and national origin. The s…
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The labor movement forward
September 10th, 2013
In the past year, workers and their allies in the larger communities have been coalescing around the cause for a living wage and workplace fairness generally. The organizing and related job actions by these employees across the nation have included u…
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ALEC turns 40 and continues to subvert the legal system
August 28th, 2013
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the best known of several highly ideological bill mills that are designated as charities for tax purposes despite being dominated by some of the wealthiest corporations in the world. ALEC recently c…
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