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Labor Day report: Wages “dead in the water” for a decade

September 2, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

According to a new report, workers' wages "have been dead in the water for a decade," but the trend can be reversed with job-creating investment in infrastructure and education, and a minimum wage raise.

Labor Day 2013: Unions determined to remake themselves

September 2, 2013 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

As Labor Day 2013 approaches unions in America are re-assessing themselves in a way they never have before.

Families of police crime victims demand civilian oversight

August 30, 2013 By John Bachtell

Hundreds rallied in Chicago recently to demand justice for victims of police crimes and the creation of a Civilian Police Accountability Council.

Kurdish struggle a key factor in Syria and beyond

August 30, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

For almost a century, the Kurds-one of the world's largest ethnic groups without its own state-have been deceived and double-crossed, their language and culture suppressed, their villages burned and bombed, and their people scattered; now they...

Today in labor history: Motley becomes first black woman federal judge

August 30, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On Aug. 30, 1966, civil rights lawyer Constance Baker Motley became the first African American woman to serve as a federal judge.