Low-wage workers step up activism

Can you imagine earning 22 cents an hour – and trying to live on it? That’s what Goodwill Industries could pay disabled workers, the workers say in an on-line petition demanding decent wages from the charity.

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Analysis: Runaway Quebec train, source of so much heartache, began its journey toward disaster years ago

Was the runaway train that killed dozens of people in a small Quebec town simply an unfortunate tragedy? Or is it the latest example of a much bigger problem? In this analysis, retired railroad engineer Dave Riehle traces the roots of this terrible accident to a pattern of greed and neglect that has been growing in the railroad industry for many years.