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How does the shutdown and the debt ceiling fight affect you?

October 10, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

There has been precious little discussion of what the gridlock means to workers and their families outside the Capitol Beltway.

Today in labor history: California landmark Paid Family Leave

September 23, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On September 23, 2002, Democratic California Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation making the state the first to offer workers paid family leave.

Port hazmat workers: we need medical benefits!

July 30, 2013 By Rossana Cambron

Imagine cleaning chemicals without having the proper suit that protects you from them.

What the June unemployment figures mean for workers

July 9, 2013 By Press Associates

At the current slow rate of economic recovery, it will take until 2020 to close the gap in the labor market, says a top economist.

Striking rapid transit, city workers rally in Oakland, Calif.

July 2, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

Striking Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and Oakland city workers protested what they said were management's refusal to increase wages and demands for givebacks, despite rising revenues.