Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.
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“People don’t have the jobs here, but people do have cancer,” one Louisiana-based organizer told Truthout.
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The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy said the cuts will barely boost the economy and mostly go to the rich.
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Unless you’re very wealthy, this bill will ultimately leave you worse off and more economically vulnerable.
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GOP hardliners are reportedly pursuing an end to states’ Medicaid expansions and an earlier start to work requirements.
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The bill text is a section of the budget reconciliation package that the GOP hopes to complete as soon as Memorial Day.
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As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.
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Starting May 5, those in default could have tax refunds withheld or wages garnished if they don’t start making payments.
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Republicans are also considering cuts to and work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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A new Oxfam analysis also warns that the global working class faces a new threat in the form of Trump’s tariff regime.
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Trump, inequality and corporate concentration loomed over Canada’s elections. Only one got the attention it deserved.
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Rejecting Trump’s authoritarian “new normal” means preserving the evidence that things weren’t always this way.
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