unions

Philly coalition demands quality education for all

August 23, 2013 By Ben Sears

They came to deliver a message to the School Reform Commission (SRC), the mayor and governor: "Restore funding for Philadelphia schools!"

Join LA “listening session”: Working people must be heard!

August 20, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon

The AFL-CIO, in advance of its September convention, has issued a call for "listening sessions," a way for working people and allies to come together and add their creative ideas and strategies.

Union flags fly along the Maine coast

August 20, 2013 By Special to People’s World

There are some 6,000-plus lobster boat workers in Maine that best fit Victor Hugo's general description of them more than a century ago - toilers of the sea.

Today in labor history: IWW’s “Little Red Songbook” published

August 19, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The book included famous pro-worker songs like "The Internationale" and "Solidarity Forever."

Egyptian unions in throes of democracy fight

August 16, 2013 By PAI

The Egyptian army arrested and temporarily detained two Egyptian steel union leaders in Suez, Egypt, two days before its violent crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, seven Egyptian unions and a human rights...