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Closing of unionized plant becomes charged issue in Connecticut elections

August 15, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The right wing Republican nominee accused the workers of causing the plant closing, what happened next was a lulu.

Today in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank

August 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.

USW rolls out platform, denounces greedy forces out to destroy workers

August 15, 2014 By PAI

Delegates adopted a multi-point action platform for coming years to battle what President Gerard called "shrewd, greedy and powerful" forces out to destroy workers.

Today in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act

August 14, 2014 By Special to People’s World

In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank of Roosevelt's "New Deal."

Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests

August 14, 2014 By John Wojcik

President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."