Posted on 12 February 2020. Tags: Family Leave, FMLA, Lauren Ashcraft, New York, Progressives
Hypocrisy is pretty much a given when you are in politics. I’ve pointed out the particular hypocrisy of all those flag-waving politicians who shout a full-throated “I support our men and women in uniform” but, then, cut benefits for vets and cut funds for the VA. Today, I hone in on another hypocrisy: politicians who […]
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Posted on 14 June 2017. Tags: child labor, FMLA, WalMart
We can’t look away: 168 million children are laboring all around the world, usually in brutal conditions, partly to churn out the piles of consumer goods we lap up. I speak with a leading global organizer trying to stop child labor. And, surprise, surprise, Wal-Mart is in the thick of that scandal…as well as breaking […]
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