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Immigration reform a top goal for Auto Workers

February 5, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Declaring, "We are a union of immigrants," Auto Workers President Bob King elevated immigration reform to a top spot on the UAW's lobbying agenda.

Wage gap widening, unionization declining worldwide

February 4, 2013 By Press Associates

Declining unionization and increasing globalization are two key factors that are widening wage gaps between the rich and everyone else.

Today in labor history: Gravediggers’ strike ends

January 30, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Nearly 1,100 burials were delayed after negotiations between the two groups broke down and workers were locked out of the association's 26 cemeteries.

Attention Walmart: good jobs in – guns out

January 23, 2013 By John Rummel

A wide cross section of the faith, labor, and social justice community protested Walmart's attempt to build a store near the Detroit border.

Today in labor history: Farm workers on trial

December 18, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1830, the trial of nearly 350 agricultural workers began in England.