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More than 400,000 New Jerseyans get a raise January 1

January 2, 2014 By Special to People’s World

New Jersey is one of the 13 states that saw a bump in the minimum wage starting Jan. 1.The minimum wage became $8.25, up one dollar from $7.25.

City ordinance: All Portland workers get sick leave

January 2, 2014 By Don McIntosh

On Jan. 1, more than a quarter of a million Portland workers gained a human right - the right to stay home when they're sick.

Workers’ rights under fire in Supreme Court

January 2, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The justices will hear arguments in the dispute over the power of the NLRB and tackle a case involving yet another challenge to worker representation.

A year after Newtown, more shootings, more gun profits

December 19, 2013 By Susan Webb

"Unless there is a sustained public movement to curb guns as a source of profit, the corporate profit drive will continue to push guns to make money."

Today in labor history: Operation PUSH founded

December 18, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Eventually the organization was able to expand into areas of social and political development for blacks in Chicago and across the nation.