Spencer Woodman is a freelance writer based in New York.
The state’s unprecedented cuts to benefits for the jobless are leaving families stranded without money for food, transportation and housing.
The charges form the crux of a federal discrimination lawsuit that goes to trial this month.
Organizers have found a new approach to promoting workers’ rights at the retail giant. And it seems to be working.
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Hit hard by the recession, America's restaurant workers are fighting for a fair deal.


