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Ruling by Labor Board is most damning ever against Walmart

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

The NLRB asserts illegal activities in 14 states at 34 stores and shows that company executives conceived of an unlawful retaliation policy for store managers to execute.

“GroKo” Politics – No real change for Germany

January 15, 2014 By Victor Grossman

Some have suggested the German "Word of the Year" should be "whistleblower" - in the escalating Denglish language here breezily called "Neu-Deutsch" ("New German").

Harkin predicts Senate vote on minimum wage hike after recess

January 15, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The Senate will vote on raising the minimum wage, in three steps of 95 cents each to $10.10 hourly in 2016.

Political jailings, killings mount in Colombia

January 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Already assassins had killed activist rapper Gerson Martínez, community leader Giovanny Leiton, Leiton's life partner, and unionist Ever Luis Marin Rolong.

Unions gear up for new fast track fight

January 15, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions are gearing up for yet another fight over so-called "fast track," also known as trade promotion authority.