The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
When a factory closes, the idea of turning it into a worker-owned co-operative sometimes comes up—and usually dies.
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Dueling California Measures Set to Tax Rich, Gut Unions
Californians will vote November 6 whether to approve the largest tax hike on the wealthy in that state since 1978. Meanwhile, an "astonishingly deceptive" initiative, Prop 32, would make it virtually impossible for unions to play a role in politics.
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Hot & Crusty Employees Occupy Their Workplace
After the owners of an Upper East Side Hot & Crusty planned a lockout in response to its workers forming a union, those workers occupied.
