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Teamsters, human rights groups demand justice for Gilberto Soto

November 7, 2014 By PAI

The Teamsters and 14 human rights groups bought a full-page ad about Soto's case in El Salvador's largest paper, La Prensa Grafica.

New Orleans union teachers to take case to U.S. Supreme Court

November 7, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The 7,500 union teachers and staff, fired after the state took over the schools following Hurricane Katrina, are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today in Native history: Miami, Potawatomi resistance and removal

November 6, 2014 By Special to People’s World

This day in history, the Miamis signed a treaty with the United States in 1838 ceding practically all of its lands south of the Wabash River in Indiana.

Trumka: Voters said they were “desperate” for new economic life

November 6, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

"The fact of the matter is that people are disillusioned by endless political bickering and eyed these elections with great dispirit."

NLRB rejects right-to-work crowd’s attempt to use health care ruling vs. union drive

November 5, 2014 By PAI

The case involves the SEIU's attempt to organize contingent faculty at Pacific Lutheran University.