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Walmart fueling hunger crisis in America

November 20, 2014 By John Wojcik

Just nine days before workers are planning Black Friday protests at more than 1,000 Walmarts, the country's largest employer is contributing to the hunger crisis in the United States.

Social Security workers launch campaign vs. budget cuts

November 19, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The workers who run Social Security are launching a campaign against future budget cuts.

Today in labor history: Joe Hill executed

November 19, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On November 19, 1915, labor leader and songwriter Joe Hill was executed in Utah on what many believe was a framed charge of murder.

Ahead of Black Friday, Walmart workers brief Capitol Hill lawmakers

November 19, 2014 By Combined Sources

"With Walmart's low-wages and hectic schedules, too many Walmart workers are left on the edge of poverty."

Today in labor history: Atlanta workers engage in sit-down strike

November 18, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Workers at the General Motors plant in Atlanta, Georgia participated in a sit-down strike, which was part of a greater ongoing wave of labor organizing during the 1930s.