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Today in labor history: School children strike in Wales

September 5, 2013 By Special to People’s World

During August and September of 1911 there were strikes by schoolchildren in at least 62 towns and cities, showing the huge impact the rail strike had within working-class communities.

Public opposition could be key in Congress Syria vote

September 5, 2013 By Susan Webb

Polls show substantial public opposition to a military strike on Syria, even "limited" strikes to deter chemical weapons use.

March on Washington’s powerful lessons for the environmental movement

September 4, 2013 By Marc Brodine

Like the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the environmental movement has both moral and practical aspects. It needs a strategy that unites both inside and outside struggles and goals.

Blueberry pickers strike at Labor Camp 2

September 4, 2013 By David Bacon

When the blueberry picking started, the company fired Federico Lopez on July 10 for asking for a wage raise, and workers went on strike on July 11 to get his job back.

Stand up for Cincinnati

September 4, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

What do you call a proposal that breaks promises to city workers, destroys their family's hard-earned retirement security, lowers the city's tax base and harms our fragile economy?