News – Page 4038 – People's World

Uranium plant, run by scabs, fined for toxic leak

July 5, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

An accident at a uranium-processing plant in Metropolis, Ill, shows the danger of using scab labor in a plant that requires sophisticated and trained workers.

L.A. alliance organizes to block right-wing attack

July 5, 2011 By Chris Elliott

The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy may be the far right's next target, but it is organizing to "get in front" of an Andrew Bretibart/Karl Rove type attack.

Minnesota government shutdown puts thousands out of work

July 1, 2011 By Barb Kucera

Minnesota's sluggish economy, struggling to recover from the recession, will be rocked by the layoffs of 23,000 state employees and thousands of others.

$France bans fracking$

France bans fracking

July 1, 2011 By Blake Skylar

The French parliament voted to ban fracking - a worrisome technique used to extract gas from rock deposits.

750,000 walk off jobs in Britain

July 1, 2011 By Will Stone And Richard Bagley

Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers the length and breadth of Britain defied slurs and threats Thursday to mount one of the biggest walkouts since the country's 1926 General Strike.