THE REAL NEWS AXT: “This is just the first step at looking at this industry. We have been actively organizing in car washes and supermarkets and in fast food restaurants, but we’ve just turned our attention to the banking industry to see what was going on with workers there and were shocked to discover that …
THE REAL NEWS QUOTABLES: DAPHNE WYSHAM 4:19 – 5:08 “the focus of the conversation [over the Keystone pipeline] had been: that it was going to increase jobs and increase our energy security. What Obama did today was he pivoted away from those two arguments and said no our national interest is now focused on climate …
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THE REAL NEWS New legislation will increase deportations, beef up police while worker status will help provide cheap labor for businesses but make citizenship almost impossible to attain. GARCIA: “We’re also going to set up E-Verify, a mandatory national identification system. Talk about Big Brother. I mean, we are absolutely extending this across the …
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THE REAL NEWS Unionized women workers do better than those unorganized. All working women need access to universal daycare.