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Overall, the American workers' situation hasn't changed much since May Day 2009 when this rant was originally penned -- except that the number of the nation's non-workers has jumped to 103+ million due to chronically high unemployment exacerbated by millions of formerly-employed workers who forsake futile job searches when their unemployment benefits evaporate.

In the the old paradigm organized workers protested for better work conditions, more benefits and bigger paychecks.  With the advent of full-on Obamacare, however, many union members have taken to protesting merely to keep their full-time jobs and not to have their hours cut . . . READ THE REST

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