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Many Americans have only the "right to scrounge" for their survival. Identifying the lack of a robust labor movement as one of the chief inhibitors to soci 
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Nevada Republicans, after winning control of both chambers of the state legislature and the governor’s office in 2014, have pushed a far-right agenda that includes legislation to dismantle organized labor in the state.
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The movement pushing for unions and better pay got some validation from the federal government, which issued complaints against the fast-food chain.
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In an era when a dysfunctional Congress can hardly pass federal budgets, let alone meaningful legislation, state legislatures have become, more than ever, laboratories of democracy. That’s especially the case where one political party controls both legislative chambers and the governor’s office, and thus can enact its agenda. When the Republican party is the one in power in statehouses, a corporate-funded group called ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is ready to provide a template of bills to cut regulation, clip business taxes, and cripple unions. But what about states like Oregon, where Democrats find themselves in charge of the House, Senate and governor’s office?
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Economist, specialized in political economy and peer-to-peer dynamics; core member of the P2P Foundation
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