It seems that food stamps are always in danger of facing the chopping block. Here are the numbers on the program’s effectiveness.
Working in America
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Immigration Reform’s Make-or-Break Moment?
Gauging the chances for a bill passing the House
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Obama Just Changed the Most Racist Law in the Country
Home care workers were excluded from labor protections as a deal to win southern support for the New Deal.
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Time to Give America a Raise
The Labor Department and California raise the wages of the working poor—how about we extend the good news nationwide?
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Proof the Left Coast Is the Best Coast?
Last week, California raised its minimum wage, authorized driver’s licenses for the undocumented, and saw its GOP back immigration reform. Can any of this spread east?Â
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Could You Live on $11,940 a Year?
California is about to increase its minimum wage; here’s a graph showing how the value of the minimum has changed over the last few decades.
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Trumka’s Ploy
How the AFL-CIO president proposed revolution in order to get reform
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Unions—Not Just for Middle-Aged White Guys Anymore
This week’s AFL-CIO convention heralds some fundamental changes for labor.Â
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Labor Goes Community
At the AFL-CIO’s convention, everyone is talking coalition building with like-minded organizations to forge real change for workers.Â
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Your New Robot Colleague Has Been Programmed to Put You At Ease
Coming generations of robots in the workplace are being built on an understanding of what freaks people out.
