A few weeks ago, I talked about the vast pay discrimination against women who work for supermarket chain Fred Meyer: 2/3 of women are paid $3.70 less than men doing essentially the same job. The union representing the workers—UFCW Local 555—is in hard, brass knuckles bargaining with Fred Meyer to end this. But in the […]
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Episode 149: Fred Meyer Boycott Is On!; California Clips The Wings Of The UBER-Corporate Mentality
Posted on 25 September 2019.
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Episode 141: Progressive Challenger Speaks!; Fred Meyer Rips Off Women; The Fed Redux
Posted on 31 July 2019.
It’s just basically a good thing when good, new, progressive people run in primaries against incumbents. Even if that incumbent isn’t a horrible human being and has a decent voting record—compared of course to the rest of the politicians out there. Today we get to hear from a darn good candidate, Albert Lee, who’s taking […]
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