Labor
Puerto Ricos workers resist govt layoffs
May 5, 2006Marches, picket lines and other demonstrations are shaking Puerto Rico as the colonial administration closed down government agencies and schools, ironically enough, on May 1 — International Workers Day — in response to the island nation’s...
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Connecticut readers to honor newsmakers
May 5, 2006NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Today we march, tomorrow we vote” is the theme of this year’s celebration and presentation of People’s Weekly World “Newsmaker Awards” on the occasion of International Workers Day. Held on the first...
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Southern labor stirs in North Carolina, again
April 29, 2006Red Springs, N.C. — North Carolina is one of the most industrialized states in the country. Yet it still has one of the lowest percentages of workers in unions, though not from lack of trying by...
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Immigration raids escalate fight over rights
April 28, 2006Supporters of immigrant rights are reacting with anger to last week’s large-scale immigration raids, and calling for all raids and deportations to be stopped and for legislation legalizing undocumented workers to be supported. On April 19...
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Workers of the world uniting: Solidarity grows for Mexican workers
April 28, 2006Hundreds of Mexican federal and state police stormed the Sicartsa steel plant in western Michoacan, April 20, to remove striking steelworkers who had occupied the plant since April 2. The police opened fire on workers with...
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