Labor
International Unemployment Day: The 1930 revolt against capitalist crisis
March 6, 2024On March 6, 1930, Communists organized workers around the world to demand jobs in the middle of the Great Depression. The U.S. was no exception.
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The People’s World May Day book is back – Reserve your ad now!
March 1, 2024Honor a labor veteran, send greetings frontline workers fighting for justice, or just wish readers a Happy May Day. Your ad in our pages.
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Daily Worker 1926: Striking fur workers first to win 40-hour, 5-day workweek
February 16, 2024Relive the furriers strike of 1926, when thousands of women workers led by Communist Ben Gold scored a historic victory for the entire working class.
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Ukraine moves to supersede national labor federation
February 5, 2024The government action against unions comes as Ukraine insists it is a “frontline” democracy.
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Prisoners in the U.S. are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
January 31, 2024A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.
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