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Boss Watch: 5/23 – 5/30
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, May 23, and Friday, May 30 Alabama Child Sex Abuser WAFF reports: It’s worth noting that, despite everyone thinking that fast food is just work for children, and despite everyone thinking that it’s appropriate for children to work in restaurants, the restaurant industry has the…
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Banks are currently free to scam working people thanks to Trump Administration’s attack on the CFPB

“The biggest banks in the country right now are operating lawlessly with zero oversight. They are not having to follow Consumer Protection Laws, or if they are or aren’t, that’s not necessarily known to the regulator, us, who would be there to make sure that’s happening. So if they are starting to do more illegal practices, abusive practices, exploitative practices, preying on the American people, we don’t have insight into that in real-time the way that we’re supposed to, that we’re setup exactly to do.” (READ MORE)