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British MPs cry when they tour North Carolina tobacco farm

August 8, 2014 By Mike Hall

Two members of the British Parliament got a first hand look at the deplorable working conditions that thousands of tobacco workers in North Carolina endure.

Kellogg’s lockout of bakery workers headed for court

July 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The NLRB seeks a court injunction ordering Kellogg's to take the workers back and bargain in good faith with their BCTGM, locked out last Oct.

Workers and lawmakers team up to force fair scheduling at Walmart

July 22, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Walmart workers were on Capitol Hill telling lawmakers how the giant retailer's scheduling practices make it impossible for most of them to lead anything approaching a normal life.

Metropolitan Opera unions say they are being forced to strike

July 18, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Deep salary cut demands, which its unions say are unjustified, and a company threat to close down are combining to force members of the 16 unions to plan to strike, if necessary.

Today in labor history: Start of the 1959 steel strike

July 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Members of the United Steelworkers of America went on strike against the major U.S. steel producers on July 15, 1959, the start of record 116-day steel industry strike.