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Postal unions sign cooperation pact, prepare for joint April 24 actions

March 28, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The target will be schemes to cut postal services, end Saturday pickup and delivery, and fire or let go by attrition hundreds of thousands of workers.

College athletes can unionize, NLRB says

March 27, 2014 By Associated Press

A federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.

Today in women’s history: Coalition of Labor Union Women founded

March 24, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On March 24, 1974, the Coalition of Labor Union Women was founded by some 3,000 women trade unionists from 58 labor organizations at a meeting in Chicago.

Regulatory oversight weak in aftermath of Texas City oil plant blast

March 21, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

But OSHA is so short-staffed, say the Steel Workers who represent the workers at Texas City that an average U.S. refinery would get a PSM inspection once every 120 years.

“Truthful Tuesday”: Moral Monday movement spreads to South Carolina

March 21, 2014 By Harold Geddings III

"A goal of our Truthful Tuesday protests was to get people talking, change the dialogue, and reduce the tea party influence on Republicans. That is happening," said Brett Bursey, director of the S. C. Progressive Network.