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Las Vegas cab company forces a strike

March 7, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The second largest cab company in Las Vegas has forced its drivers - the first taxi drivers to unionize, more than a decade ago - to strike.

Janitors, security officers vote to authorize strike

February 22, 2013 By Steve Share

In back to back votes, SEIU Local 26 security officers and janitors voted unanimously to authorize their respective bargaining committees to call a strike at any time.

Today in labor history: State militia backs workers

February 7, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Gold miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, began a five-month strike in 1894, news of which travelled rapidly from one end of the country to the other,

Today in labor history: Samuel Gompers dies at the age of 74

December 13, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Gompers died December 13, 1924. He served as president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 to his death.

Agreement reached in LA-Long Beach port clerical workers strike

December 5, 2012 By Chris Elliott And Marilyn Bechtel

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said tentative agreement has been reached between ILWU Local 63's Office Clerical Unit (OCU) and 14 employers.