Корпоративные руководители с усилением уверенности ухаживали за демократами и профсоюзными лидерами в согласованных усилиях по пресечению межрасового рабочего движения, которое является единственной боевой силой, когда-либо сражающейся с плутократами в ничью.
Независимо от того, что в Белом доме, на Уолл-стрит или в пресс-корпусе в Вашингтоне, лихорадка, счастливые дни, безусловно, не здесь. Итак, что объясняет зияющую пропасть между утопическим уровнем безработицы и дистопией для растущего числа американцев?
WASHINGTON -- The Trump Administration and the media were positively giddy at the news: the U.S. had added 223,000 jobs in May, representing a record 92nd consecutive month of jobs growth, and reducing the unemployment rate to 3.8 percent, its lowest level since the height of the dotcom boom in 2000. “New Milestones in Jobs Report Signals a
On the broader media culture of anecdotes in lieu of the macro, moralizing “success” rather than questioning systemic problems.
You’ve seen or heard or read the personal interest story a thousand times: An enterprising seven-year-old collects cans to save for college, a man with unmatched moxie
Are we are in another credit bubble getting ready to pop?
Published in partnership with Shadow Proof. Yet more evidence that having a Wall Street-led recovery was a bad idea. The third installment in the Reuters series on post-crash Corporate America, called “The Cannibilized Company,” details a sad state of
Some companies have explicitly said that they will close in order to let employees be home with friends and family. Staples said, “We want our customers and associates to enjoy Thanksgiving their own way” by closing. “Family time is extremely important to us, and we want our associates to enjoy the holiday with their loved ones.”
On Thursday, most Americans will gather together with family and friends to have dinner and celebrate Thanksgiving. But not everyone will be able to enjoy the holiday the way they’d like. Eleven brands say they will be open on Thanksgiving this year, requiring millions of workers to show up for shifts during the national holiday. CREDIT:
MintPress attended a recent panel discussion on how Wal-Mart workers are organizing — or failing to organize — to protect their rights everywhere from “Bentonville to Beijing.”
WASHINGTON --- Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Since that time, the retailer has made its way around the globe, shutting down small businesses and trampling on workers’ rights in its quest to deliver “everyday low prices.” Wal-Mart represents what Nelson Lichtenstein describes as the heart of “a
The latest coalition to emerge from the progressive grassroots issues ‘call to arms’ in order to revolutionize a system rigged against workers and families.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass. listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin) Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday told a packed crowd of progressive labor activists and community organizers that she agrees with their new demand of "putting families
