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Janitors and security guards getting hit in Twin Cities

January 24, 2013 By Minneapolis Labor Review

Negotiators for Twin Cities janitorial contractors and security contractors are seeking deep contract concessions from SEIU Local 26.

All but 50 U.S. research chimps to be retired

January 24, 2013 By Blake Skylar

As a result, some 400 chimps will be moved to a national sanctuary, where they will have room to live and play in peace.

Senate filibuster deal a capitulation, says Common Cause

January 24, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Today's announced "compromise" on Senate filibuster reform is in fact a capitulation by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Mali and chickens

January 24, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

The vision that Conrad's character Marlow describes is of a French frigate firing broadsides into a vast African jungle, in essence, bombarding a continent.

Today in labor history: Jackie Robinson inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

January 24, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball