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Striking Walmart workers’ caravan heads for firm’s headquarters, annual meeting

May 31, 2013 By Press Associates

A group of more than 100 Walmart workers from stores in Northern California, Miami, Boston, Denver and elsewhere started an extended strike on Memorial Day against the retail mega-monster.

Today in labor history: Farm Workers win after 17-year boycott

May 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On May 29, 1996, the United Farm Workers of America reached agreement on a contract for 450 lettuce harvesters, ending a 17-year-long boycott.

Race to the bottom for sweatshop workers

May 28, 2013 By Liz Iacobucci

Minimum wage workers, earning $74 a month were beaten by riot police for a protest demanding a $14 a month raise.

AFL-CIO: Penalize Bangladesh until it protects workers

May 14, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO is demanding the U.S. government yank trade preferences from Bangladesh until that South Asian nation really shows a commitment to protecting its workers.

NY City Council passes family leave

May 14, 2013 By Press Associates

By a 45-3 margin, the NYC Council on May 8 passed a bill mandating paid sick or family leave for millions of workers in thousands of businesses. The margin can override any threatened mayoral veto.