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The GOP’s blind hate of union members

March 5, 2015 By Leo Gerard

To Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker, America's labor union members are the same as murderous, beheading, caged-prisoner-immolating ISIS terrorists.

Unionists storm Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers vs. fast-track

March 5, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Several hundred unionists fanned out over Capitol Hill on Mar. 4 to lobby lawmakers to vote against so-called "fast-track" trade promotion authority.

Organizers say it’s possible to grow unions in the South

March 5, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

People remember Norma Rae, whose iconic struggle to organize a union at J.P. Stevens in the 1970's in Roanoke, N.C. was the stuff of a major Hollywood movie.

Remembering: The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913

March 4, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The first suffragist demonstration took place in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913.

Silicon Valley rises up for low-wage workers

March 3, 2015 By Henry Millstein

Over 200 labor, religious, and community activists packed historic McDonnell Hall here today to launch Silicon Valley Rising.