News – Page 2571 – People's World

Mass movement for democracy is being born

April 18, 2016 By Larry Rubin

"We're going to reach out to working people. We're going to say: 'you're right to be angry, but many of you are looking in the wrong places for solutions.'"

Janitors and farm workers: Two strikes remembered

April 18, 2016 By Rev. Jim Conn

"Before me almost a thousand janitors wearing deep purple Service Employee International Union T-shirts lined up to march..."

Labor movement vows to challenge bigotry, bridge racial divisions

April 15, 2016 By Barb Kucera

With the country facing serious questions of racial justice, the labor movement hopes to foster dialogue and solidarity.

Low-paid workers stage another mass walkout

April 15, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

The protests attracted hundreds of thousands of people in 320 cities, including unionists who back the low-paid workers.

Vietnam places a high value on education

April 15, 2016 By David Trujillo

Today, primary education is compulsory and tuition "free," and according to statistics, the national literacy rate in Vietnam has reached 97.3 percent for those aged 15-50.