Labor

Standoff at grain terminals: workers on the job without contract

January 4, 2013 By Don McIntosh

All the grain terminals, which handle a huge share of overall U.S. grain trade, are owned by huge multinational corporations, many of them foreign-based.

Billionaire casino owner Adelson takes aim at unions

January 4, 2013 By Dana Spitzer

Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire owner of The Venetian and Palazzo casinos, says his new target is collective bargaining.

Today in labor history: Starving farmers demand food

January 3, 2013 By Special to People’s World

In the depths of the Great Depression, some 500 farmers marched into the town of England, Ark., to demand food for their starving families.

Courts remain key to advancing workers’ rights

January 3, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

If you think courts aren't important to workers, then unions in Wisconsin, Alaska and Texas have a blunt message for you: Wrong.

Today in Labor History: first black speaker of Mississippi legislature elected

January 2, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On this day, in 1872 John Roy Lynch, an African American former slave, was elected speaker of the Mississippi House.