In France 1.3 million workers and their supporters struck, marched and protested Jan. 24 against the Macron government’s plan to create a single, point-based retirement plan to replace the current system. French women workers march, dressed as iconic female worker ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ in Paris, Jan. 24. In Paris, 350,000 . . .
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Oakland, Calif. January 20 was not only the day to honor the radical legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It was also a day to acknowledge a victory for a group of Oakland mothers (#MomsHouse), who had been brutally evicted Jan. 14 from a house they “repossessed” . . .
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Vancouver, Wash. On the third day of their strike, 96 percent of the over 400 Clark College faculty voted to accept a new three-year contract that gives full-time faculty raises up to $11,064 a year and awards adjuncts, who are part-time teachers, equal status and similar pay raises as full-time . . .
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