labor history
This week in history: Labor pledges no strikes during WW II
December 12, 2016Philip Murray, president of the CIO, said members “were ready and eager to do their utmost to defend our country against the aggression of Japanese imperialism, and to secure the final defeat of the forces of...
Read moreVeteran organizer’s warning on Trump: Prepare for the worst
December 8, 2016Phil Cohen drew on his decades of experience to comment on how workers should confront millionaire mogul Donald Trump.
Read moreToday in labor history: The CIO is created in 1935
November 9, 2016The creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was announced 80 years ago on this day, Nov. 9, 1935, by eight international unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Read moreOn May Day
April 29, 2016It's often forgotten, but May Day, the original, real, workers' holiday, originated in the U.S.
Read moreMay Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons’ words of 1886
April 29, 2016As we pay tribute to Parsons and the other Haymarket martyrs, People's World wishes all our readers in the United States and internationally a Happy May Day.
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