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Strike at Walmart warehouses spreads

September 17, 2012 By John Wojcik

Striking workers picketed the Walmart distribution center in Elwood, Illinois for the third day in a row this morning since they went on strike last Saturday.

Today in labor history: Textile workers ambushed

September 14, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The AFL-CIO expanded Wiggins' grave marker in 1979, to include the phrase, "She died carrying the torch of social justice."

Obama praised for creating 4.5 million jobs

September 6, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

"For almost 20 years I have been a proud member of UAW Local 1112; thanks to President Obama, I still am."

Today in labor history: New York’s first Labor Day parade

September 5, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The Sept. 5, 1882 parade had nearly 30,000 marchers, who demanded fair working conditions, including the eight-hour work day.

Paterson protestors fight the problem of poverty

September 4, 2012 By Blake Skylar

On Sept. 2, the 21st annual Labor Day Parade took place in Paterson, New Jersey, a former factory town that has been, for decades, plagued with crime, poverty, and substance abuse.