Labor

Maryland’s Gov. O’Malley pushes jobs program

June 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

"There is no progress without jobs, and there are no jobs without fiscal responsibility."

Union BBQs for strikers on way to Walmart shareholders meet

June 4, 2013 By Ben Markeson

Union brothers and sisters and community supporters organized a barbecue for a caravan of striking Walmart workers who stopped in Orlando on May 28.

Judge OKs Patriot Coal plan to renege on miners’ pensions

June 3, 2013 By Press Associates

A federal bankruptcy judge in St. Louis has left Patriot Coal's retirees - whom it inherited from Peabody Energy and Arch Coal - high and dry, and said Patriot could dump its union contracts, too.

Today in labor history: Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded

June 3, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Today in labor history in 1900 the International Ladies Garment Workers Union was founded in New York City by seven local unions, with a few thousand members between them.

NYC AFSCME Council endorses Liu in mayoral race

May 31, 2013 By Press Associates

Saying Comptroller John Liu "would end the favoritism towards the wealthy 1%" and return the government to its people, AFSCME District Council 37 delegates unanimously endorsed his mayoral candidacy.