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Cuba: U.S. cows firms on embargo, harms economy

October 11, 2013 By Emile Schepers

For more than half a century the U.S. has severely impeded Cuba's economy, costing the island nation $1,157,327,000, and millions to the U.S. economy, according to a United Nations resolution on the trade embargo.

Miners reach retiree settlement with Patriot Coal

October 11, 2013 By Special to People’s World

TRIANGLE, Va.- The United Mine Workers of America has reached a global settlement with Peabody Energy and Patriot Coal that will provide funding of more than $400 million to cover future health care benefits for retirees...

How does the shutdown and the debt ceiling fight affect you?

October 10, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

There has been precious little discussion of what the gridlock means to workers and their families outside the Capitol Beltway.

Supreme Court moves to aid union busters again

October 10, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The justices will hear a case about whether union-represented home health care workers must pay for the union's services.

Growing college football player protest demands NCAA reforms

October 10, 2013 By John Bachtell

Though many college athletes live in poverty, a protest by National Collegiate Athletic Association football players is quietly spreading across the nation.