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To honor of King they marched for lives in Los Angeles

January 20, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Over 3000 marchers and tens of thousands of observers lined up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in solidarity with the theme Black Lives Matter.

Grapes of Wrath: California farmworkers fight to unionize

January 20, 2015 By David Bacon

No union can survive without being able to win contracts and thus being able to make substantial changes in wages and conditions.

Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born

January 14, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.

Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle

January 13, 2015 By Tula Connell

In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers go on strike in California

January 13, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Union demonstrators picket in front of 35 Kaiser Permanente locations throughout the state on behalf of some 2,600 mental health clinicians.