President Trump’s overhaul of the federal student loan system is now underway. It seems to have inadvertently expedited a legal challenge to his alleged shadow repeal of a repayment plan established more than a decade ago.
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In Whiting, Indiana, 800 workers have been locked out for four months, and they say the survival of their union is at stake.
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La solidaridad entre tus compañeras y compañeros de trabajo es tu fuente de poder contra el empleador. Un ingrediente esencial es el respeto.
En el ámbito laboral, usualmente no vivimos el respeto, sino la coerción. Por mucho que el jefe nos llame «socios» o asegure que «somos una familia», la relación de empleo es fundamentalmente antidemocrática: el empleador decide y los trabajadores tienen que obedecer.