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Working Harder for Less Mocks the American Dream

By Tula Connell
September 16th, 2008

But the current crisis has long roots. America's working families have been suffering through what is now a generation-long stagnation of wages and rising economic insecurity. Steps must be taken immediately to shore up our flagging economy and provide much-needed assistance to working families. more »

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Electrocuted at Age 22

By Tula Connell
May 5th, 2008

Every day, most of us go to work and then come home. Next day: Rinse, repeat.

But some U.S. workers go to work and never come home.

In April 2005, Donald Wilcher Smith was one of them. The 22-year-old central Texas man was electrocuted at the Sanderson Farms processing plant. more »

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Colombia Trade Deal Is Derailed. Let's Keep It Off the Tracks

By Tula Connell
April 15th, 2008

In August 2004, Hector Alino Martinez and three other Colombian trade unionists were dragged out of their homes and assassinated in the streets of Caño Seco. The men were among 96 unionists killed in Colombia that year. more »

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Greedy Troglodytes Attack Teachers

By Tula Connell
March 14th, 2008

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What is it about teachers that reactionaries don't like? more »

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