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UAW’s King: “Activism is needed to overcome obstructionists”

February 4, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

In a message to 1,000-plus activists at UAW's political action conference in D.C., the union leader said activism is even more necessary because 2014 is an election year, when foes of workers will go all out...

Emergency action urged on unemployment benefits

January 2, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Call Congress at 1-877-318-0483 with the message "extend unemployment insurance now."

1.3 million jobless could go over the cliff Dec. 28

December 10, 2013 By John Wojcik

"I was once the main breadwinner but now we are not really able to make ends meet."

GOP blocks immigration reform

December 3, 2013 By Emile Schepers

As the year 2013 draws to an end, the fight for immigrants' rights, and especially for the legalization of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants believed to be in the United States, continues.

Obamacare: Grumbling is not enough

November 26, 2013 By Sam Webb

It is amazing how fast momentum can shift in politics. And it usually happens for reasons that could not have been predicted.