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Pipeline Explosion Leaves 60-Foot Crater in Kentucky

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Court Okays Labor Department Rule: Guestworkers Must Earn Prevailing Wages

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The Day We Fought Back: Across the Nation, Privacy Advocates Protest NSA Surveillance

Sarah Berlin

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What the Media Need To Know About Trans People

After the suicide of 'Dr. V.' trans activists and journalists discuss how to prevent future tragedies.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

A Tale of Two Jobs Forums: Rahm Emanuel and Unions Take Contrasting Approaches

Kari Lydersen

Labor

It’s Official: Obama Signs Minimum Wage Hike for Some Federal Contract Workers

Bruce Vail

Labor

Massachusetts Teachers Aim To Knock Down ‘Data Walls’

Sarah Jaffe

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Chelsea Clinton for President in 2036

Matt Bors

Labor

After Outcry, White House Extends $10.10 Minimum Wage to Some Disabled Workers

Mike Elk

Labor

Workers Can ‘Don and Doff’ Off the Clock, Says Court

Michelle Chen

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New Rules for Radicals

How George Goehl is transforming community organizing.

David Moberg

Labor

The Worst Long-Term Unemployment Crisis in 80 Years

Matthew Blake

Labor

Tenn. Lawmakers Threaten to Block Subsidies If VW Plant Unionizes

Mike Elk

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When the Boss Wants a Union, But the GOP Says ‘No’

Volkswagen is willing to let employees at its Tennessee plant unionize, but Republicans are stiff in their opposition.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Drones For Jobs

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Labor

Flight Attendants Reach Truce with United Airlines Over ‘Involuntary Furloughs’

Bruce Vail

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Putin’s Boys

Jeff Danziger

UIC Faculty Union Could Strike Next Week

Alex Kogan