Hard Times, USA: Cities and Workers Driven to Brink by Austerity
<div class='node-body'><p>Municipal workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania have <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/11/156599026/in-scranton-pa-city-workers-sue-over-having-wages-slashed">filed federal lawsuits</a> after the mayor cut all city employee's pay to $7.25 an hour, the state's minimum wage.</p>
<p>San Bernadino, California, meanwhile, became the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0711-san-bernardino-20120711,0,5646419.story">third city in California</a> this year to declare bankruptcy.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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