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Today in labor history: First-ever U.S. teacher walkout

November 25, 2013 By Blake Skylar

The "strike for better schools" was intended to reform the way the schools were administered and operated, and also how workers there were treated.

Obama honors a true freedom fighter, Rev. C. T. Vivian

November 25, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

Rev. C. T. Vivian is one of the nation's staunchest fighters for racial equality and voting rights.

Texas strikers picket Walmart in Black Friday warm-up

November 25, 2013 By Douglas Matus

Activists and Walmart employees joined together to stage a protest at the Walmart Supercenter in Lancaster, a suburb of Dallas, Nov. 20.

Workers plan nationwide strikes against “bully” Walmart

November 22, 2013 By Blake Skylar

"Walmart is just a bully, and people across the country are starting to see the real Walmart, that's why I continue to stand up, because the time for change is now."

Today in labor history: Jack London, writer, socialist, dies at 40

November 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Best known to U.S. readers as the author of Call of the Wild, London also wrote several powerful works dealing with workers, capitalism and socialism - including his famous dystopian novel The Iron Heel.