Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
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The Movement Lives On: 4 Years Later, Occupy Has Succeeded in Spite of Its Failures
Occupy Wall Street may not have dismantled capitalism – but it did profoundly change the way people perceived it, and how their voices can impact institutions of power all over the world.
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Connecticut Bill Would Fine Corporations for Low Wages
The proposed legislation would subject for-profit companies with 500 or more employees to a fine for every employee who is paid less than $15 an hour, essentially forcing those companies to raise wages or pay if they refuse.
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Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage for Hotel Workers to $15 An Hour
The City Council voted 12 to 3 last Wednesday to impose the higher wage on large hotels, delivering a huge victory to a coalition of organized labor, neighborhood councils and the ACLU.
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Why Minimum Wage Laws Aren’t Just for Workers with the Lowest Wages
An extraordinary shift in wages paid to American workers took place from 2000 to 2012, a change that holds powerful lessons about the minimum wage, government policy and unions.
