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Canadian Supreme Court: Public workers have the right to strike

February 13, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

As a result of Canadian laws and attitudes, union density there is at least double that in the U.S.

Today in African American history: Birthday of Eddie Robinson

February 13, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Edward Gay Robinson (February 13, 1919 - April 3, 2007) was an outstanding American football coach.

Trial and justice delayed for Blankenship, the coal criminal

February 13, 2015 By John Milam

In the world of capitalism, King Coal, and the law, things don't always go as the people might expect.

GOP-run Senate panel moves against the NLRB

February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Senate Labor Committee now in the hands of Republicans, both labor committees on Capitol Hill are attacking workers' rights enforced by the NLRB.

Today in African American history: An important birthday

February 12, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

What you may not realize is that the founding of the NAACP took place, significantly on Abraham Lincoln's centennial birthdate, in 1909.