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Today in labor history: No more Hiroshimas or Nagasakis

August 6, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the only two cases of using a nuclear weapon against civilians.

If McDonald’s workers get a raise, would a Big Mac cost more?

August 6, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

A recent study by a University of Kansas School of Business student, Arnobio Morelix, has challenged claims by fast-food giant McDonald's that raising its low-paid workers' pay is unreasonable.

Stories about vulnerable kids take top journalism awards

August 6, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Stories about some of the world's most vulnerable children, in Afghanistan and Los Angeles, were among the winners of top prizes in The News Guild's annual Heywood Broun Awards competition.

As groups converge on Chicago, watchdogs expose ALEC slush fund

August 5, 2013 By Special to People’s World

ALEC is running a secret, multi-million dollar slush fund that pays for lavish junkets for state lawmakers and has lied to the IRS.

International groups to Iran’s new president: End trade union repression

August 5, 2013 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights

CODIR's call for action has brought together major UK trade unions.