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Meet the two most anti-worker GOP Congress members

June 1, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) even alleged Democratic President Barack Obama attacked workers’ rights, in favor of unions.

Workers rally to back pension protection bill

May 12, 2017 By Barb Kucera

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt. who also introduced the bill, said it could save the pensions of up to 10 million workers the multi-employer plans cover.

Sanders-backed Democrat nearly flips Trump district in Kansas

April 13, 2017 By Combined Sources

Republicans poured in money to bolster Estes against his Sanders-backed challenger James Thompson. They barely managed a victory in Kansas’ Trump-voting 4th district.

March Madness: A look at Trump’s budget

March 27, 2017 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

Republicans won’t get everything they want, but what they get will leave America more vulnerable – from Chicago’s inner city to Appalachia’s rural hollows.

Protest as scandal-ridden president of Honduras meets with Congress

March 22, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Berta Caceres’ family members had sent Rep. Norma Torres an open letter urging that she cosponsor HR 1299.