Labor

Labor Dept. releases list of “books that shaped work in America”

November 27, 2013 By PAI

The U.S. Labor Department has released a fascinating list of "books that shaped work in America."

Lorain, Ohio unions elect independent slate

November 26, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

The election report to delegates at the Central Labor Council (CLC), in this union-dense Ohio home of the state's largest steel and auto manufacturing facilities, was one of a different type this November.

Today in labor history: FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday

November 26, 2013 By Special to People’s World

President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26 as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution.

Unions organizing aid for Philippines, Midwest disasters

November 25, 2013 By PAI

The typhoon destroyed several hospitals, along with homes, schools, power lines, bridges and virtually everything else.

Ohio voters make progressive shift

November 25, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio, by huge margin, turned down a tea party initiative that would've wiped out public worker's pensions in that city.