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Today in labor history: Massachusetts establishes first minimum wage

June 4, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Much later, in 1938, the country would get a federal minimum wage law under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But this initial law was still a powerful move.

Union BBQs for strikers on way to Walmart shareholders meet

June 4, 2013 By Ben Markeson

Union brothers and sisters and community supporters organized a barbecue for a caravan of striking Walmart workers who stopped in Orlando on May 28.

Unions gather aid for tornado victims

May 24, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions, led by the fire fighters and the AFL-CIO, are gathering aid for their members and other victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas.

Today in labor history: Musician Bob Dylan is born

May 24, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Songs like "Blowin' in the Wind," and "The Times, They Are a-Changin'" became powerful anthems of the social struggles and anti-war sentiment of Dylan's era.

Today in labor history: Tom Petty defies record label profiteering

May 23, 2013 By Special to People’s World

It was today in 1979 when rock star Tom Petty filed for bankruptcy, thereby challenging his record label, MCA, and the practice of what some would call indentured servitude.