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U.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala

September 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.

Labor launches campaign to raise wages across America

February 18, 2014 By John Wojcik

We are declaring here and now that the labor movement is going to focus like a laser beam on raising wages for all American workers, union and non-union," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters today.

Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born

January 14, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.

What does AFL-CIO Convention mean to the class struggle today? Let’s discuss

October 16, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The AFL-CIO, the country's largest labor federation, held a groundbreaking convention in Los Angeles. Join us for a teleconference dialogue on what happened.

“Mr. Clean” gives guest workers a dirty deal

September 17, 2013 By Rossana Cambron And John Wojcik

America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they...