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The third try is the charm

February 18, 2015 By Paula Douglas

Philadelphia joins two other cities, San Francisco, Calif., and Tacoma, Wash., and several states, in enacting earned paid sick leave.

Trumka: Injunction against Obama’s immigration action a temporary setback

February 18, 2015 By Mike Hall

A federal judge in Texas Monday temporarily blocked President Obama's November executive action on immigration.

GOP-run Senate panel moves against the NLRB

February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Senate Labor Committee now in the hands of Republicans, both labor committees on Capitol Hill are attacking workers' rights enforced by the NLRB.

James Raines, 40; member of CPUSA and fearless organizer

February 12, 2015 By Nicholas James

It was James's life experiences - the economic hardship and decline of the post-industrial era - that led him to socialism and compelled him to care for those around him.

GOP drafting bill to let asbestos manufacturers off the hook

February 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

"Had these companies shared the information they knew about the dangers of asbestos, countless lives would have been saved."