The centre-left candidate won with about 62% support, the highest share of votes for any presidential candidate since the country returned to holding democratic elections in 1989.
After a series of one-day strikes, marches and demonstrations, about 220 food- service workers at two Smithsonian museums will be represented by a union in contract negotiations for the first time.
And yet for all the shortcomings of the government’s strategy, the main reason for America’s persistent poverty is the disappearance of jobs with decent pay that can take workers above the poverty line without the government’s help.
A book review of Steve Early's latest views on the labor moment. Steve Early is a long time labor activist and intellectual. His views are always stimulating and sometimes controversial. A must read for anyone interested in what is happening in today's labor movement.
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