Labor

Trumka adds infrastructure to AFL-CIO legislative priority list

January 17, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Richard Trumka is adding reconstruction of U.S. infrastructure - and creation of tens of thousands of well-paying jobs doing so - to the federation's priority list.

Today in labor history: Leonard Woodcock born

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Leonard Woodcock was born to Ernest Woodcock and Margaret Freel in Providence, R.I. in February 15, 1911.

Puerto Rican teachers strike to oppose attack on pensions

January 16, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Thousands of elementary and secondary school teachers in Puerto Rico carried out a two day strike to protest a raid on their pension plans.

Autoworkers president identifies the real “enemy”

January 16, 2014 By Jackie Tortora

The social compact is gone, said UAW president Bob King, yesterday in Detroit. "And if we want a growing middle class again, we need to restore it."

Ruling by Labor Board is most damning ever against Walmart

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The NLRB asserts illegal activities in 14 states at 34 stores and shows that company executives conceived of an unlawful retaliation policy for store managers to execute.