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This week in history: Dr. Joycelyn Elders testifies to Congress

July 23, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Twenty-five years ago, on July 23, 1993, President Bill Clinton’s nominee as 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Joycelyn Elders, testified at a Congressional confirmation hearing and openly affirmed her belief in factual sex education...

Unions ask OSHA to protect workers as extreme heat spreads

July 23, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

“We attended the funerals of too many California farm workers who needlessly died from extreme heat,” says Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez.

City workers in Salem, Oregon negotiate first post-Janus contract

July 20, 2018 By Bob Rossi

The city has been caught skirting the law on several occasions and the number of grievances being filed over simple issues has soared.

Latin America’s ‘progressive cycle’ not over, declares São Paulo Forum

July 20, 2018 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The meeting declared Latin America is living through a reactionary counteroffensive reflecting the expansionist nature of capitalism and U.S. aggression.

Farmworkers say new Oregon pesticide standards only benefit growers

July 20, 2018 By Bob Rossi

Ramon Ramirez, a farmworker leader in Oregon, says “the rule changes favor the growers rather than the people who pick the crops."