In 2010, America’s Median Wealth Was At Lowest Point Since 1969 ThinkProgress ...income inequality has risen in almost every state over the last 30 years and that the middle class has just suffered its “worst decade in modern history.” Unfortunately, many of the jobs created since the Recession don’t pay well enough to make up for the collapse...
Photos Show Walmart Apparel at Site of Deadly Factory Fire in Bangladesh The Nation ...NGOs slammed Walmart over a fire that killed at least 112 workers at a Bangladesh factory that supplied apparel for the retail giant...
Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Global Coup truthout ...Dubbed by many as “NAFTA on steroids” and a “corporate coup,” only two of the TPP’s 26 chapters actually have anything to do with trade. Most of it grants far-reaching new rights and privileges to corporations, specifically related to intellectual property rights (copyright and patent laws), as well as constraints on government regulations...
Greece Kicks The Can For The Third Time - SocGen's Take: "More Will Be Needed" zero hedge ...It took the charming three tries for Greece to get its third "bailout", which incidentally does not bail out anyone except the hedge funds...
Scott Walker’s “I am not a crook” moment Badger Democracy ...There are several emails that make it abundantly clear that only one of two possibilities is true. Either Scott Walker lied today, or he is an incompetent fool duped by his campaign staff whom he had no control over. You decide…
Red Hook Brewery's parent firm settles with OSHA after probe of fatal accident Manchester Union-Leader ...Craft Brew Alliance Inc. has agreed to address numerous violations found by OSHA during a months-long investigation that followed the death of Ben Harris, 26, of Newington...Craft Brew Alliance has agreed to pay fines of $44,500 by Dec. 1, which is a modification of the original penalties totaling $63,500...
Las Vegas Teamsters beat Coke decertification attempt People's World ...Coca-Cola's attempt to get rid of the Teamsters and a union contract in Las Vegas fizzled out like so much bad soda...
Teamsters, Jobs with Justice Protest Bill Gates and Republic Services IBT ...Sanitation workers ask Bill Gates, primary owner of Republic/Allied Waste, to stop destroying their retirement security...
