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Home care workers file for largest union election in Minnesota history

July 17, 2014 By Barb Kucera

Pay is so low that many caregivers qualify for food stamps, don’t get paid sick leave or health or retirement benefits.

At AFT meet, energized resistance to attacks on education

July 17, 2014 By Michelle Kern

An energized resistance to ongoing attacks on education was on display at this year's American Federation of Teachers national convention in Los Angeles.

Union says postal service is not really pulling out of Staples

July 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, said a Staples announcement this week that it was ending its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service is a ruse.

Trumka: Humanitarian crisis brought out the best and worst in us

July 16, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

The AFL-CIO is calling upon President Barack Obama to take action to adjust these failed policies.

Today in labor history: San Francisco General Strike

July 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

For the first time in American labor history, craft jealousies were broken down as skilled and unskilled personnel cooperated on an equal basis, and the rank-and-file was in full control of a major strike.