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Benefit cuts in Obama’s ‘compromise’ budget draw protests

April 5, 2013 By John Wojcik

Labor and its allies in a broad array of movements are rising up against the plan.

Chained CPI equals benefit cuts for retirees, veterans

March 22, 2013 By Art Perlo

The billionaire-funded campaign against Social Security has gone into high gear, and it's called chained CPI.

Sick and tired of austerity

March 21, 2013 By John Case

It's clear that the wealthy backers of the "tear down every advance for working people since the New Deal" crowd have lots of phony arguments about debt and austerity.

Today in women’s history: Frances Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor

March 4, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The appointment on March 4, 1933, made Perkins the first female cabinet member in U.S. history. She helped bring about the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Social Security Act

Labor rolls out plan to defuse fiscal time bomb

February 26, 2013 By John Wojcik

Before the $85 billion budget cut time bomb explodes, leaders of the nation's unions are hammering out details of a program to prevent job losses and restore the economy for the working-class majority.