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The Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM – Migrant Rights Centre), accuses Canada of discrimination in hiring and the allocation of work, the general exclusion of women from the temporary work programmes and the failure to ensure compliance with laws against discrimination in employment.

Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged by some 80 percent. The book painstakingly recapitulates the systematic homicidal culling of the state's native American tribes . While not the final word on the ubiquity of the term genocide worldwide, it establishes that murder was the preferred and accepted method of social control for white settlers, gold miners. state militias and federal policy makers. The long-term consequences were staggering.

The Frankfurt School produced some of the most noted Marxist intellectuals of the last century. Reviewer Robert Minto says this new group portrait offers an accessible entryway into the minds of these thinkers, whose work and ideas have often been labeled unnecessarily difficult and obscure.

The 1.4 million International Brotherhood of Teamsters has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. This was a blow to Donald Trump who had campaigned for their endorsement.

Bob DeMars new documentary The Business of Amateurs about the National Collegiate Athletic Association argues that the organization places the profits of college sports programs ahead of the best interests of athletes. The documentary is billed as the first documentary that challenges the NCAA “from the perspective of former student-athletes.”

A new report links the drop in union membership with the rise in income inequality. But labor activists are finding new ways to help workers.

According to a report from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in a large study of population followed for more than three decades, researchers found saturated fats with unsaturated fats conferred substantial health benefits.

Workers Share Horror Stories as Campaign Builds to Fight.

Thanks to a National Labor Relations Board decision, workers employed by temporary staffing agencies may find it easier to organize and bargain.

Entering its third season, the ’80s-set AMC show portrays the tech world with nuanced, character-driven narratives that its rivals lack.