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Fast food workers wage biggest-ever strike Nov. 10

November 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Fast-food workers will wage their biggest-ever strike Tuesday - one year from Election Day - with walkouts hitting a record 270 cities from Detroit to Denver.

Campaign exposes widespread abuses of poultry industry workers

November 5, 2015 By PAI And Barb Kucera

Poultry workers in the United States suffer high rates of injury, earn poverty level wages and work in a climate of fear.

Rallies for $15 minimum wage to be held nationwide November 10

November 5, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Polls show that Americans support raising the minimum wage - in recent years 14 states have done so.

Survey: Health care premiums continue to outpace inflation and wages

October 30, 2015 By Don McIntosh

The survey confirms what most workers already feel: Health care costs are gobbling up more and more of their wages.

Labor launches new measures to wipe out unequal pay for women

October 27, 2015 By Larry Rubin

The labor federation is launching measures to wipe out pay inequality based on gender, and to guarantee that all workers have paid family and sick leave and fair scheduling.