Friday, August 1, 2014

McDonalds Crushes Workers, History of Corporate Personhood & FBI Forensic Fail

Staff Writer, DB Holmes
News / Government
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As always, vote with your dollar.

Abby Martin on the findings of a 2012 FBI investigation showing how 45 death row inmates may have been wrongly convicted in the US since the 1980s. McDonalds called out for firing nine employees after they tried to unionize, and we highlight efforts by the National Labor Relations Board to give workers a better chance at demanding a living wage. Mikey Huff and Andy Roth of Project Censored discuss the backlash faced by whistleblowers in the US, as well as providing a perspective on the way media outlets are reporting on the conflict in Gaza.

Source: Breaking the Set