The shameful marketization of politics

The contemporary tendency in politics to refer to individuals as taxpayers, customers, or clients instead of as citizens is part of a worrisome drift towards the marketization of public affairs. In…

2nd judge rules against Indiana’s right-to-work law

Issue already set to be heard by Indiana Supreme Court

Union sees CP Rail training program as safety problem

The union that represents CP locomotive engineers and conductors says non-unionized managers, some whom do office jobs, are being trained to work as replacement locomotive engineers and conductors.

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Les 350 croupiers du Casino du Lac-Leamy se sont joints à leurs 750 confrères du Casino de Montréal, hier, dans le cadre d’une journée de grève qui se tenait dans la…

Members of Congress Plan to Live on Minimum Wage for a Week

(Ron Edmonds/AP Photo|Susan Walsh/AP Photo|Scott J. Ferrell/Getty Images) A trio of Democratic politicians are about to find out what it’s like to be poor. Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. and Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, announced today that they plan to “step into the shoes o…