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Bernie Sanders rallies in Northwest draw record crowds

August 10, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Sanders appealed for unity, and declared that having good jobs, racial, and gender equality, health care, and higher education for all "is not utopian dreaming."

AFL-CIO leaders push presidential candidates on labor’s Raising Wages Agenda

July 30, 2015 By John Wojcik

"It's a sign of the times and how important the fight is that five major presidential candidates would come here in a 24-hour period."

AFL-CIO adds single-payer insurance to its Raising Wages campaign

July 29, 2015 By John Wojcik

Union leaders passed a resolution that calls upon the AFL-CIO to add a demand for single-payer heath insurance to the federation's Raising Wages campaign.

Is “human capitalism” the solution to shrinking wages?

July 29, 2015 By Daniel Sankey

An article recently written in Forbes by a Mr. Ralph Benko proposes "human capitalism" as the solution to the shrinking wages and economic stagnation.

Today in labor history: Fast-food workers strike for $15 in seven U.S. cities

July 29, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Fast food workers walked off their jobs and demonstrated in the thousands for a higher paycheck - $15 an hour.