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GOP to Filibuster Minimum Wage Hike Republicans set to filibuster minimum wage today. AP: "Democrats ... plan to use the vote to buttress their campaign theme that the GOP is unwilling to protect financially struggling families ... Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of...
Flood The Switchboard: Senate Votes On Minimum Wage at Noon!
Today is no time to be silent. Call the Senate at 202-517-2321. Even if our phone calls don't produce a breakthrough today, we know it is possible wear enough Republicans down.
Republicans Want to Enslave My Generation
Since the 1970’s, Republicans championed policies that cheated my parents’ generation out of the American dream. Republicans are now intent using the same broken policies to enslave the next generation of Americans—the millennials.
Ask Your Local Media To Cover The Trans-Pacific Partnership
A huge trade treaty is coming that will change the relationship between giant corporations and governments around the world. Why is the American corporate media telling the public so little about it?
What Problem Is Privatizing Fannie and Freddie Meant to Solve?
President Obama's chief economist, Jason Furman, weighed in behind efforts to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last week. Fannie and Freddie are doing their job just fine. Why is there any need to overhaul the system?
Lucky to Be Alive on Workers Memorial Day
Sometimes, corporations place profit above human safety. As a result, workers lose lives and limbs. Cooper Tire announced it will spend $970,000 to improve safety. That’s good. But it comes too late for the two workers who are now amputees.
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Republican Minority Expected To Filibuster Minimum Wage Senate set for minimum wage vote tomorrow. The Hill: "The vote will be a major test of unity for Senate Democrats ... Some vulnerable Democrats up for reelection have expressed concern about the wage increase [to...
Workers Demand To Be Heard Before Senate Minimum Wage Vote
The march to the Capitol was organized by National People’s Action, the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. It capped a week of "pro-equality populism"
How To Curb Outrageous CEO Salaries
Since the 1980s, CEO salaries have skyrocketed from 30 to 280 times what typical workers earn. There’s no easy answer for reversing this trend, but a bill introduced in the California legislature creates the right incentives.
Why The Brothers Koch Can't Beat Energy From Mother Nature
In state after state, fossil fuel interests are trying to repeal renewable energy mandates, impose fees on solar power customers and block the EPA from cutting carbon emissions from power plants. And they keep losing.
