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USW and big steel firms: pact with U.S. Steel, talks continue with Arcelor-Mittal

September 7, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Contract negotiations between the United Steel Workers and two of the nation's largest steelmakers, took two different directions right around Labor Day.

Obama: Election is clearest choice in generation

September 7, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party nomination for a second term Sept 6 calling the Nov. 6 election the starkest choice for working people in half a century.

Today in Labor History: H.R. 15316 signed into law on September 7, 1916

September 7, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Federal employees won the right to receive Workers' Compensation insurance coverage in1916.

Doctors converge on DNC to defend Obamacare

September 7, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

A big bus emblazoned with the words, "Patients Over Politics" rolled into town during Carolina Fest.

DNC union delegates lobby colleagues for workers rights

September 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Hundreds of union members, delegates to the Democratic National Convention, fanned out among their colleagues bearing little orange cards, talking about union rights.