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McConnell tries to make ENDA contingent on right to work for less

November 7, 2013 By Kenneth Quinnell

Mitch McConnell and his BFF, Rand Paul, are trying to weaken or kill ENDA by attaching to it a provision that would have created a national "right to work" for less law.

Detroit elects mayor in tough times; other results promising

November 7, 2013 By John Rummel

Former Detroit Medical CEO Mike Duggan is beating the city's former police chief and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon by 55 to 45 percent.

If federal jobless benefits end, nation loses 131,000 jobs

November 7, 2013 By Special to People’s World

If federally funded extended unemployment insurance benefits expire as scheduled at the end of 2013, the economy will lose 310,000 jobs in 2014.

Cutting food assistance increases hunger

November 7, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Last week the Illinois Watchdog published an article that trivialized the effects of the Nov. 1 SNAP benefit cuts, stating they were "neither a surprise nor a problem."

AFL-CIO launches ad campaign to press GOP on immigration reform

November 6, 2013 By Mike Hall

The fate of comprehensive immigration reform with a road map to citizenship that fully protects the rights of all workers is in the hands of House Republicans.