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The steal of the century: ending wage theft in our time

March 11, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

It may not be the hottest topic on every to-do list, but the problem is as old as, well, the oldest profession. I'm talking about wage theft.

Progressive think tank backs Obama crackdown on federal contractors

March 10, 2015 By PAI

Facing hostility of big business and the GOP, a progressive think-tank went to bat to defend President Obama's cracking down on federal contractors who break labor laws.

Senate GOP votes to kill NLRB union elections rule, Obama promises veto

March 6, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

By a 53-46 party-line vote, the GOP-run Senate voted to kill the NLRB's planned union elections rule update.

Remembering women’s history: Lucy Parsons

March 6, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, died March 7, 1942 in Chicago.

Unionists storm Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers vs. fast-track

March 5, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Several hundred unionists fanned out over Capitol Hill on Mar. 4 to lobby lawmakers to vote against so-called "fast-track" trade promotion authority.