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Denver SuperShuttle drivers reject cuts

December 11, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Denver SuperShuttle is trying to force a 30 percent pay cut on its workforce.

Central Floridians protest low wages at the world’s largest McDonald’s

December 11, 2013 By Ben Markeson

"This is a national movement and workers are going to be demanding respect, better wages, and the ability to earn a living."

Sherrod Brown, others talk green industrial revolution

December 10, 2013 By Blake Skylar

When it comes to the transformation of the global economy from high-carbon, polluting energy sources to a more sustainable future, the U.S. risks falling behind.

Today in labor history: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 10, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Today in labor history: Exposé on King Leopold II bribing Senate

December 9, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On December 9, 1906, the New York American newspaper reported Belgian King Leopold II of Belgium bribed the U.S. Senate commission on the Congo to recommend support of his Congo Free State project .