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Southwest baggage handlers fight privatization

June 25, 2012 By Roberta Wood

"We don't want to outsource our jobs. We're gonna keep on fighting till we get a decent contract."

Paraguay President overthrown in “express coup” by Congress

June 25, 2012 By Emile Schepers

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was deposed in a 39 to 4 impeachment vote by the country's Senate. Vice President Federico Franco was sworn in as the new president.

Biggest public worker union elects new president

June 25, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.

A win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan

June 25, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.

Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart

June 25, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.