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The Gospel of Consumption
More time at home with the family isn't a bad excuse. By Jeffrey Kaplan.
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The Nature of Capitalism
The ruling class will never give up fossil fuel, because it's key to their power over workers. By Troy Vettese.
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The people of South Yorkshire deserve the truth about Orgreave
My constituents are shocked that Amber Rudd has ruled out an inquiry into the behaviour of South Yorkshire police in June 1984. Our fight will continue. By Sarah Champion.
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Labor movement braces for three-front battle with Trump, Congress and courts
With Capitol Hill controlled by Republicans and the president-elect likely to nominate a conservative supreme court justice, unions ‘hunker down.’ By Steven Greenhouse.
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These hotel workers just took on Trump — and won
Trump’s company battled unions during his campaign, but the deal ends a bitter dispute over pay at his Las Vegas hotel and eases discord at his D.C. property. By Jonathan O'Connell and Drew Harwell.
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At soaring rate, Nepalis seeking jobs abroad come home dead
“The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015.” By Martha Mendoza.
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Like start-ups, most intentional communities fail – why?
Most utopian communities are, like most start-ups, short-lived. What makes the difference between failure and success? By Alexa Clay.
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Slavery Now: Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Slavery still exists today. And it exists in the Gulf states and in Saudi Arabia. By Christiane Saliba.
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The Clintons Had Slaves
But the prison labor system is also rotten to the core… By Nathan J. Robinson.
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I went undercover in a Toronto factory where a temp worker died. Here’s what I found
More Ontarians are using temp agencies to find work — and these workers are more likely to get hurt on the job. A Toronto Star undercover investigation. By Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Brendan Kennedy. (Sept. 8, 2017)
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Modern slavery is disturbingly common
Forced labour persists around the world, particularly for domestic workers
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Amazon’s Last Mile
Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it’s plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars, competing for shifts on the company’s own Uber-like platform. Though it’s deployed in dozens of cities and associated with one of the world’s biggest companies, government agencies and customers alike are nearly oblivious to the program’s existence. By Bryan Menegus.
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The Dark Origins of Conjugal Visits
The first conjugal visits in America took place in 1904 at Parchman Penitentiary, an institution that resembled a slavery-era plantation more than a prison. By Alex Mayyasi.
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Will Robots Set Us Free?
The philosopher Herbert Marcuse saw machines as our greatest hope for real liberty. But in Trump’s America, automation feels more totalitarian than ever. By David Moscrop.
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The Top Labor Battles in West Virginia History
West Virginia has been the site of mass labor militancy many times before. Here are some of the highlights. By Branko Marcetic.
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The Rising Ghosts of Labor in the West Virginia Teacher Strike
If workers are pushed hard enough, our history of revolt is not that deeply buried. By Sarah Jaffe.
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The federal government markets prison labor to businesses as the “best-kept secret”
The Department of Justice says prison labor is good for a company’s bottom line. By Alexia Fernández Campbell.
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Parcel backlog mounting as CUPW rejects latest offer from Canada Post | CBC News
The union representing postal workers has just rejected an offer from Canada Post. It now seems the Crown corporation will head into its busiest time of year mired in a labour dispute.
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How Flight Attendants Organized Against Their Bosses to End 'Swinging Stewardesses' Stereotyping
“Think of her as your mother.” By Gillian A Frank, Lauren Gutterman.
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The Concept Creep of ‘Emotional Labor’
The term has become a central part of an important conversation about the division of household work. But the sociologist who coined it says it’s being used incorrectly. By Julie Beck, with Arlie Hochschild.
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