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Why Obama Should Be Attacking Casino Capitalism
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, finance, government, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 1 day ago - truth-out.org
It's an attack on a particular kind of capitalism that Romney and JPMorgan both practice: Using other peoples' money to make big bets which, if they go wrong, can wreak havoc on the economy.
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GOP and Dems Perform the 'Bain Hustle'
Business  (tags: americans, business, corporate, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, finance, government, investments, investors, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 1 day ago - commondreams.org
What is truly nauseating is that Cory Booker did not reveal that his own rise to power was floated by contributions from Bain and other leading financial hustlers.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Canada: Tell the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) That Rio Tinto Has No Place in the Olympic Games
Business  (tags: corporate, corruption, abuse, Rio Tinto, labor, workers rights, activism, politics, news, world, ethics, business )

Cal
- 7 days ago - labourstart.org
Mining giant Rio Tinto is the official Olympic supplier of the metal used to make the 2012 Olympic medals - yet it locked out 780 workers who are standing up against the company's aggressive contracting-out demands at a highly profitable aluminum smelter
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At Least 100,000 March in Spain Over Austerity
Business  (tags: Spain, government, abuse, corporate, corruption, debt, economy, ethics, finance, foreclosures, investments, humans, labor, law, lies, money, politics, society, world )

John
- 13 days ago - windstream.net
"I'm here to defend the rights that we're losing and for the young people who have it so tough," 57-year-old middle school teacher Roberto Alonso said. "They're better educated than ever. But they don't have work. They don't have anything. They're behind
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TAKE ACTION NOW! End Workplace Discrimination Against Pregnant Women
Business  (tags: women's rights, women workers, business, ethics, law, society, politics, news, corporate, humans, abuse, labor )

Cal
- 15 days ago - forcechange.com
Please sign this petition to protect pregnant women from being fired for requesting workplace accommodations.
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GENDER PAY GAP: U.S.-- Only Four-Fifths of Men's Pay for Women
Business  (tags: business, ethics, gender pay gap, society, women's rights, politics, news, corporate, consumers, labor, law, usa )

Cal
- 36 days ago - ipsnews.net
Forty-seven years after the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, women in the United States are still struggling against wage discrimination in the workplace.
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50 Percent Pay Cuts at GE's Plants: Is This the Future of American Jobs?
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, finance, government, labor, lies, marketing, money, news, politics, society )

Kit
- 39 days ago - alternet.org
The company President Obama called a "model for America" is squeezing its workers, cutting pensions, wages and benefits--but workers are organizing to fight back. GE paid how much in taxes? Zero!
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The Rise and Fall of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, farming, Farm workers, government, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 39 days ago - alternet.org
In his new book "Trampling Out the Vintage," Frank Bardacke traces the magnificent and tragic history of that groundbreaking union.
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Half of U.S. Mail Facilities No Longer Needed, Study Says
Business  (tags: US Postal Service, post office, shifting demand, new technology, internet, labor, society, politics, news, money, government, finance, business, americans )

Cal
- 42 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A new study on the United States Postal Service shows the mail network is having a hard time keeping up with slimming down as more people turn to texting and email.
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The Richest 1 Percent Captured 93 Percent Of Income Gains In 2010
Business  (tags: americans, law, politics, consumers, corporate, Entrepreneurs, ethics, government, investing, investors, labor, money )

Robert
- 45 days ago - thinkprogress.org
"The top 1% captured 93% of the income gains in the first year of recovery."...The bottom 90% of Americans lost $127, the bottom 99% of Americans gained $80,
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Is There A Stealth Tax Increase For Working-Class People In The Republican Budget?
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, debt, dishonesty, economy, finance, government, greenbuilding, investing, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 46 days ago - ourfuture.org
A little-noticed report from the Department of Labor last month contained the unsettling revelation that 10.5 million Americans, more than 7 percent of the labor force, is classified as "working poor." These are people who are working at least 27 weeks->
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Private Consultants Rake in Public Pension Fund Fees
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, debt, dishonesty, economy, finance, foreclosures, government, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, Pension Theft, politics, society, Wall Street )

Kit
- 48 days ago - truth-out.org
Who has been responsible for fund performance? A recent article in The New York Times shed some light on the huge amounts of money that public pension funds pay each year to Wall Street firms for the service of managing their assets.
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Thom Hartmann: Minimum-Wage Workers Are Screwed, and More (Video)
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, foreclosures, government, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 49 days ago - truth-out.org
Minimum wage workers are screwed. While Republicans in Congress want to drop or throw away the federal minimum wage - new data shows that the minimum wage in America is woefully inadequate. The current minimum wage is pegged at $7.25 -
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Infrastructure Problems In U.S. Go Far Beyond Dollars
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, Entrepreneurs, environment, failing infrastructure, finance, farming, government, green building, investments, labor, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 52 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
When travelers from abroad come to this city, the financial and cultural capital of the world's richest nation, two dilapidated and depressing airports greet them. The clogged runways, the leaking roofs, the maddening taxi lines, the lost travelers-->
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The Minimum Wage Is Too Damn Low
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, foreclosures, government, humans, investments, labor, law, lies, marketing, money, minimum wage, politics, society )

Kit
- 52 days ago - cepr.net
It is coming up on three years since the last increase in the federal minimum wage - to $7.25 per hour - in July 2009. By all of the most commonly used benchmarks - inflation, average wages, and productivity - the minimum wage is now far below its-->
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