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The “Right-to-Work” movement’s attack on women workers

January 19, 2016 By Sheila Bapat

If strong public sector union jobs are eroded as a result of the right-to-work movement's attack, this will be an added setback for women's economic status in the U.S.

The “skills gap” myth: What’s really driving down wages?

December 31, 2015 By Tim Libretti

There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.

L.A. port truckers win again, misclassified as independent contractors

December 31, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Eploited port truck drivers at the nation's largest cargo terminal, Los Angeles-Long Beach, won another round in their long fight for fair pay, job protections and the right to organize.

Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded

December 8, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.

Despite vicious opposition, Chattanooga workers are unionizing

December 7, 2015 By Larry Rubin

In the face of corporation opposition, skilled workers at the Volkswagen plant voted for UAW to become their collective bargaining representative, a step toward unionization of the whole plant.