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Outrage: Congress Gives States the Go-Ahead to Drug Test for Unemployment Benefits (and Stick Taxpayers With the Bill)

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 19, 2012.

As part of a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits through 2012, Congress will allow states to drug test people applying for those benefits.

Contrived Catholic Contraception Controversy Boils Down to Workers' Rights

Roger Bybee, In These Times. February 12, 2012.

Republicans would have had no opportunity to raise this issue if America had a single-payer healthcare system instead of the current employer-based structure.

Are Our Bosses Becoming Meaner?

Sam Pizzigati, Campaign for America's Future. July 17, 2010.

The huge pay gaps between executives and workers enhance the sense of power bosses feel and cause them to objectify lower level employees.

Obama Admin to Shift Focus of Enforcement from Migrant Workers to Employers

AlterNetMay 11, 2009.

New guidelines call for more reliance on criminal investigations than tips from informers.

Americans Losing Work Hours to Save Their Jobs

Ron Scherer, February 10, 2009.

Employers are cutting back on work days in hopes of minimizing layoffs. But does it work?

Guess Who Foots America's Health Care Bill? Not Employers.

Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. March 12, 2008.

Under our current health care system, patients shoulder far more of the financial burden than employers.