News – Page 4175 – People's World

Illinois bill aims to raise the minimum wage

February 14, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The current minimum wage at $8.25, which went into effect in July, would be boosted by 50 cents plus the rate of inflation annually until it reaches the historic $10.

Airport screeners go union

February 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

AFGE President John Gage happily announced Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole's ruling.

Honduras powerbrokers beat up on the poor

February 14, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In the year after Porfirio Lobo became president of Honduras the disaster for the Honduran people has become clear.

Support for Cuban Five in U.S. capital

February 14, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Nearly 100 students, faculty and local residents turned out Feb. 8 at Howard University for a panel discussion on the Cuban Five.

Rite Aid Valentine protest: “Show love for worker’s rights”

February 14, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Cleveland staged a protest against Rite Aid's attempt to take away fully paid union health insurance from workers.