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We Are Worth More
Last month a few hundred retail and fast-food workers, from places like Sears, Dunkin’ Donuts, and McDonald’s, walked off their jobs for a rally in downtown Chicago. Carrying signs saying “Fight for 15” (or “Lucha Por 15”) and “We Are … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Issues, Jack Metzgar, The Working Class and the Economy
Tagged Charles Morris, low-wage jobs, McDonald's, NLRB, protest, Unions, wages, Walmart
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Politics is Personal: How Our Taxes Subsidize Walmart and Hurt Local Workers
We talk a lot about workers in this space— at the Center for Working-Class Studies and in our Working-Class Perspectives blog—but for the most part we do it on the macro level: massive job losses precipitated by NAFTA and other … Continue reading
Posted in Leo Jennings, The Working Class and the Economy, Youngstown
Tagged Liberty, tax abatement, Walmart, workers, Youngstown
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