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Shell starts – and pauses – Arctic drilling

September 12, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Ignoring the collective outrage of environmental groups, oil giant Shell began drilling into the Arctic, boring holes 1,400 feet beneath the Chukchi Sea's floor.

Romney’s Bain victims set up protest camp

September 12, 2012 By John Wojcik

Workers whose jobs are about to be outsourced by Bain Capital are gathering in "Bainport," an encampment they are building across the road from the Sensata factory here.

Today in labor history: Miners win landmark 1897 strike

September 11, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On Sept. 11, 1897, thousands of coal miners ended a 10-week strike after winning an eight-hour day, semi-monthly pay, and abolition of company stores.

Steelworkers prevail in contentious negotiations

September 11, 2012 By Paul S. Kaczocha

"Our members' unwavering solidarity throughout the bargaining process in the face of management's high-risk scare tactics and demands for major cutbacks has been rewarded."

Today in labor history: The Lattimer Massacre

September 10, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1897, 19 peacefully demonstrating mine workers were shot dead in Lattimer PA. Some 50 other workers were wounded in the company provoked massacre. The striking miners were early members of the United...