Labor

Ukrainian rightists burn alive 39 at Odessa union building

May 5, 2014 By John Wojcik

Some 1,000 Ukrainian rightists surrounded, stormed, and burned the House of Trade Unions in Odessa last Friday, killing 39 pro-Russia demonstrators in the building.

Gov. Jerry Brown and the new, but weak, minimum wage law

May 5, 2014 By Cathy Deppe

Most Californians are well aware that the state minimum wage is going up to $10.00/hour. But when and how?

Trumka: Minimum wage opponents ‘delusional’ if they think they’ve won

May 2, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka condemned the continued right-wing obstruction preventing millions of working families from getting a much-needed boost in income.

Today in labor history: Nazis destroy unions

May 2, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On May 2, 1933, Adolf Hitler's storm troopers occupied all trade union headquarters across Germany, and union leaders were arrested and put in prison or concentration camps.

Senate GOP defeats minimum wage hike

May 1, 2014 By PAI

The Senate tried to raise the nation's minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. But its Democratic sponsors needed 60 votes to start debate, and got six fewer than that.