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Librarian: With Emanuel’s pension plan “…I got two feet in the grave”

November 4, 2013 By John Bachtell

Residents testified mainly on the impact of cuts to mental health clinics, public worker retiree health care and education.

Today in labor history: Seminole Indian resistance came to a head

November 1, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Conflict carried on until the war ended in August 1842, when the Indians were force-marched to Oklahoma.

Millions face ruthless food stamps cuts

October 31, 2013 By Mary Clare Jalonick

More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further cuts to the program.

D.C. taxi drivers join Teamsters

October 31, 2013 By PAI

In the latest instance of a group of low-wage, hard-to-organize workers banding together and joining unions, taxi drivers in Washington, D.C., are joining Teamsters Local 922.

AFT’S Weingarten: School reformers ignore “elephant in the room”

October 31, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Weingarten was one of several panelists who challenged the prevailing mythology about schools, including the teach-to-the-test goals the right wing has imposed on U.S. schools.