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Trumka adds infrastructure to AFL-CIO legislative priority list

January 17, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Richard Trumka is adding reconstruction of U.S. infrastructure - and creation of tens of thousands of well-paying jobs doing so - to the federation's priority list.

Autoworkers president identifies the real “enemy”

January 16, 2014 By Jackie Tortora

The social compact is gone, said UAW president Bob King, yesterday in Detroit. "And if we want a growing middle class again, we need to restore it."

Amiri Baraka: 1934 – 2014

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."

Ruling by Labor Board is most damning ever against Walmart

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The NLRB asserts illegal activities in 14 states at 34 stores and shows that company executives conceived of an unlawful retaliation policy for store managers to execute.

Harkin predicts Senate vote on minimum wage hike after recess

January 15, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The Senate will vote on raising the minimum wage, in three steps of 95 cents each to $10.10 hourly in 2016.