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Labor Day 2013: Unions determined to remake themselves

September 2, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

As Labor Day 2013 approaches unions in America are re-assessing themselves in a way they never have before.

Today in labor history: Motley becomes first black woman federal judge

August 30, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On Aug. 30, 1966, civil rights lawyer Constance Baker Motley became the first African American woman to serve as a federal judge.

Steelworker runs for Ohio council seat

August 30, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

BROOKLYN, Ohio - When Republicans in the Ohio legislature passed Senate Bill 5, designed to wipe out public workers' pensions, in 2011, it was personal for young Marc Bukszar.

Fast food workers’ strike is “March on Corporate America”

August 30, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

At yesterday's fast food workers strike, Rep. Barbara Lee told workers, " There's no way workers should have to work for minimum wage and still have to rely on food stamps, Section 8 and Medicaid."

Today in labor history: National Association of Letter Carriers founded

August 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

With sixty carriers attending from eighteen states, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) was founded in a meeting hall above Schaefer's saloon in Milwaukee, on August 29, 1889.