Subject: Organizing the Unemployed | Port Truckers Force Showdowns | Restaurants Rely on Exploited Women's Labor
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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:06:01 +0000
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Labor: TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
FEBRUARY 20TH, 2012
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Power at the Ports: Truckers Force Showdowns in Seattle, Los Angeles
A group of port workers in Los Angeles has filed for a rare union election, and another just ended a two-week strike that brought the Port of Seattle to a near standstill.READ MORE
Josh Eidelson / AlterNet
'Downton Abbey' and 'The Help'--What Their Nostalgic Portrayals of Domestic Service Get Wrong
What is with our obsession with servants? And are these shows letting us off the hook? READ MORE
Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
Grocery Store Workers Rally in Brooklyn for Overtime Pay, Fight Wage Theft
Multimedia photo essay from a community protest of a local grocery's exploitative treatment of its workers. READ MORE
Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
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Is Your Local Restaurant Relying on Exploited Women's Labor?
A new study warns that when Americans eat out, they feed into an industry fueled by exploitation and rampant discrimination against women.
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By Michelle Chen / Ms. Blog
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Being Progressive Shouldn't Be Hazardous to Your Health: Here's How to Avoid Our Culture of Overwork
Burnout isn't just a cliche: It undermines our energy, passion and imagination, and it affects every aspect of our lives.
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By Michael Bader / AlterNet
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What Does it Mean When "30 Rock's" Jack Donaghy Declares: "We're on the Verge of a Class War?"
It's a double-edged sword: the popular recognition nods to Occupy's resonance, but also wields capitalism's sharpest tool – recuperation.
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By Natasha Lennard / Salon
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After Bankruptcy Hostess Vows to Keep Making Twinkies, But Sacrifices Workers
Hostess will make employees less secure by busting their pensions, cutting their medical benefits and abrogating their labor contracts.
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By Jim Hightower / Other Words
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13 Million Unemployed; Why Aren't They a Political Force to be Reckoned With?
Unions are still grappling with how to organize the unemployed, including their own ex-members, into a political force.
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By Jenny Brown / Labor Notes
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Victory: Trader Joe's Signs Fair Food Agreement, Promising Better Conditions for Workers
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers's agreement with Trader Joe's is a significant step forward its efforts to bring fairness and accountability to the food industry.
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By Josh Eidelson / In These Times
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Guestworker Programs Blend "Free Markets" and Forced Labor for Migrant Workers
Far from offering a more regulated alternative to undocumented migrant labor, guestworker programs encourage the same abuses that “illegal” workers suffer.
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By Michelle Chen / In These Times
Occupy Wall Street Calls for May Day General Strike
By Nathan Schneider | Waging Nonviolence
Boycott McD's, Burger King for Participating in UK 'Workfare' Program Requiring Free Work to Get Gov't Assistance
By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet
Mitt Romney's In a Pickle Because Obama Saved the Auto Industry
By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos
Deal Reached on Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Federal Workers Take a Hit
By Joan McCarter | Daily Kos
Mitt Romney's Auto Bailout Claims Take a Beating
By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos
Pepsi Slashes 8700 Jobs While Raking in Record Profits
By Marion Nestle | Food Politics
Will American Anti-Labor Policies Infect Europe?
By Dave Johnson | Campaign for America's Future
House and Senate Pass Payroll Tax Cut Extension Bill
By Joan McCarter | Daily Kos
Class War Without Enemies? Obama's "Populist" Wall Street Play
By Digby | Hullabaloo
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