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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.
Progressive Breakfast
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.
Obama's Asia Trip: Hear What's At Stake For Workers
Across the board now people are seeing what these trade deals have done to the country. I join Asia expert Tim Shorrock to discuss the Obama administration's latest trade moves.
Crain’s Detroit Business Editor Says Detroit Needs 'Permanent Overseer'
Between legalized looting, an emergency manager, water turn-offs, and threatened pensions, the people of Detroit have been to hell and back. Now they can add grotesque racial insensitivity from a newspaper editor their list.
The Big Tip that America's Servers Never See
The CEOs of America's 20 largest restaurant chains must be providing diners some mighty fine service. Their 'performance' is costing Uncle Sam nearly a quarter-billion dollars a year.
Progressive Breakfast
Minimum Wage Vote This Week Senate minimum wage vote expected Wednesday. AP: "...Republicans seem likely to block the Democratic measure, which would gradually raise today's $7.25 hourly minimum, reaching $10.10 as soon as 2016 ... Key constituencies oppose...
Corporate Tax Breaks: How Congress Rigs the Rules
The House is poised to rig the rules once more to benefit global corporations. This is business as usual in Washington – and it will be until voters decide that they've had enough.
