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Today in labor history: Death of unionist Karen Silkwood

November 13, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Her life was featured in Silkwood (1983), an Academy Award-nominated film based on an original screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.

Black Friday Walmart strike wave already underway

November 13, 2013 By John Wojcik

"I want people to be able to live better, you know, like the commercial says; nobody lives better now except for the Waltons."

Detroit’s Fox 2, unfair to working families

November 13, 2013 By John Rummel

An early Christmas party at a local furniture store became the rally site for workers of Fox 2 television.

NYC elections: Overwhelming mandate for progressive change

November 13, 2013 By Estevan Bassett-Nembhard

The 2013 New York City elections were a thunderous mandate for progressive change in the nation's largest city.

Gun-wielding protestors intimidate Texas mothers

November 13, 2013 By Kelly Sinclair

Four members of MDA were lunching at the Blue Mesa Grill in Arlington, Texas, when dozens of Open Carry protesters brandishing long arms showed up in the parking lot.