Communications Workers of America

South Dakota commits shocking genocide against Native Americans

June 3, 2013 By Albert Bender

Without consent or authority, South Dakota officials remove American Indian children from their families and place them in the foster care system, in violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

NY City Council passes family leave

May 14, 2013 By Press Associates

By a 45-3 margin, the NYC Council on May 8 passed a bill mandating paid sick or family leave for millions of workers in thousands of businesses. The margin can override any threatened mayoral veto.

Oaxacan teachers challenge the test

May 6, 2013 By David Bacon

The testing regime in Mexico is as entrenched as it is in the United States, and its political use is very similar - undermining the rights of teachers, and attacking unions that oppose it.

Senate immigration bill: big advances, real dangers

April 23, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Numerous groups are working out their point-by-point analyses of the Senate bill, which is more than 800 pages long.

Senate immigration bill hailed

April 16, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Last week's unprecedented march on Washington D.C. to "Keep Families Together" through immigration reform has borne its first fruit, immigrant rights activists are saying.