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More than 100 women arrested protesting inaction on immigration

September 13, 2013 By Special to People’s World

WASHINGTON-More than 100 women were arrested this week after blockading the intersection outside the House of Representatives to protest the House's inaction on comprehensive immigration reform.

AFL-CIO demands end to anti-gay job discrimination

September 13, 2013 By Blake Skylar

LOS ANGELES - At its 2013 convention here Sept. 11 the AFL-CIO passed a strongly worded resolution calling for an end to on-the-job discrimination against gay people.

Saul Landau told truth about Cuba

September 13, 2013 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Saul Landau - reporter, author of 14 books, filmmaker (45 of them), poet, college professor, and determined foe of U.S. assaults on Cuba - died Sept. 9 in Alameda, Calif., at the age of 77.

Robin Hood Tax protests coming to NYC on Sept. 17

September 13, 2013 By Libero Della Piana

Robin Hood and his merry men and women are demanding a tax on the 1 percent next week on the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

UAW: Majority at Tennessee VW plant sign union cards

September 13, 2013 By Erik Schelzig And Tom Krisher

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A majority of workers at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Tennessee have signed cards favoring the union's representation in creating a German-style works council at the plant, a top United Auto Workers official...