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Speakers advocate massive education campaign about value of unions

November 4, 2014 By PAI

Labor must launch a massive education campaign about the value of unions, to counter right wing propaganda and to forestall deepening nationwide cynicism.

Oregon contractor broke labor law, NLRB rules for union painters

November 4, 2014 By Northwest Labor Press

The firm violated federal labor law 18 separate ways, and now must make amends.

Today in labor history: Harvey Milk elected to office

November 3, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

On this day in 1977 Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was the first openly gay person elected to public office in California.

“We are dying to get paid!”: R.I.P. workers’ dreams

November 3, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Hundreds of workers and community members filled Los Angeles City Council Chambers on Oct. 29 and built a wage theft cemetery in front of City Hall.

Recycling workers say “enough!”

November 3, 2014 By David Bacon

Within days of each other last week, two groups of Northern California recycling workers declared they'd had enough of what they see as regimes of indignity and discrimination.