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Today's AFL-CIO Daily Brief: AFL-CIO Tour Bus Races Through Derby City with BOSK Workers Ahead of Their Landmark Election

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Today's AFL-CIO Daily Brief: AFL-CIO Tour Bus Races Through Derby City with BOSK Workers Ahead of Their Landmark Election

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From Common Dreams: The Rich Get Richer, and Richer Still: Soaring Inequality in the US and Why it Matters

From Common Dreams: The Rich Get Richer, and Richer Still: Soaring Inequality in the US and Why it Matters

There are powerful forces out there fighting with all of their might and all of their abundant resources to preserve the status quo.

By TIM KOECHLIN 

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From The Washington Post: Why nearly 350,000 workers in mostly red states aren’t seeing wage increases, even though their local lawmakers passed them

By TRACY JAN

For most of her 13 years working the grill and cash register at McDonald’s, Bettie Douglas earned just over $7 an hour. Then in 2017, the St. Louis resident’s hourly pay rose to $10 after the city increased its minimum wage.

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Since last Independence Day

By AMY McGRATH

Today, Erik, the kids, and I will take off for the Fourth of July to celebrate by swimming with cousins and cooking out with family. But before we do, I want to share some thoughts on the meaning of this holiday.

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