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Union fights scheme to privatize NYC parking meters

August 6, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

If New York's 90,000 meters are sold, private owners would reap profits for years while the city would be left with an annual $150 million revenue hole for decades.

Houston church, NAACP support striking janitors

July 31, 2012 By Mark Simpson

Ada Edwards, a former Houston city councilor, spoke along with the pastor at St. John's Methodist Church. When you win, we all win, she told the hundreds of workers at the rally.

Today in labor history: Football players begin two-day strike

July 31, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The strike was ultimately a victory, earning a further $11 million in pensions and benefits.

Biden draws cheers at AFT convention

July 31, 2012 By John Rummel

The vice president was introduced by Jill Biden who taught for 13 years in a public high school and continues teaching full time at Northern Virginia Community College, even as she serves as the "Second Lady."

AFL-CIO: Walesa didn’t speak for Polish workers at Romney meeting

July 31, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

The largest labor federation in the U.S. is warning Polish communities nationwide that Lech Walesa's meeting with Mitt Romney in Poland this week did not have the support of Polish unions or the labor movement here...