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Steelworkers, top firms at odds as contract deadline approaches

August 5, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Steelworkers and the nation's top steel companies are at odds in negotiations as the deadline for a new contract approaches.

Today in labor history: Reagan fires air traffic controllers

August 5, 2015 By Special to People’s World

"After 1981, Reagan and his followers willingly donned the mantle of union-busters." The firing of air traffic controllers was just the beginning.

Report: Unemployment insurance fails workers with volatile schedules

August 4, 2015 By Special to People’s World

In many service sector jobs, including food service and retail, workers often experience volatile schedules that wildly fluctuate from week-to-week and wreak havoc on their lives.

Federal judge upholds NLRB union election rules

August 4, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The rules helped reduce the time available to businesses and union-busting "consultants" to illegally intimidate, spy on, harass and fire workers for exercising their rights.

Plaque marks site where Minneapolis cops fired on striking workers

August 4, 2015 By Steve Share

"Bloody Friday" was a pivotal event in the 1934 Teamsters strikes in Minneapolis, a series of strikes that began in the bitter cold of February and continued through a hot summer.