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The People Speak: Some of the latest comments from PW readers
November 8, 2017People’s World readers offer their take on a number of recent articles featured in our pages. The comments below have been proofread and edited for length. Join the discussion on the PW website and on Facebook....
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International trade unionists hunt solutions for downsides of “free trade”
November 1, 2017“Free trade has been accompanied by economic and social chaos,” says Noureddine Taboubi, a union leader from Tunisia.
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AFL-CIO must shine light on past foreign policy, activists say
October 30, 2017They want the federation to open up the files on AIFLD, an agency founded in the Cold War era that often worked against workers’ interests in other countries.
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A new Bill of Rights for American workers is born
October 26, 2017The Bill of Rights, passed unanimously by the AFL-CIO convention, calls for the right to join a union, fair wages, secure retirement, quality health care, and more.
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Workers’ Bill of Rights: Labor’s litmus test for 2018
October 26, 2017The AFL-CIO says it has formulated “a collective bargaining agreement for America.”
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