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Republicans leave unemployed #OutInTheCold

January 8, 2014 By Teresa Albano

Heavy lobbying efforts were underway to extend unemployment insurance for the more than 1 million long-term jobless.

Today in labor history: Stephen Hawking born

January 8, 2014 By Blake Skylar

As recently as 2011, Hawking remarked, "Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge."

Today in labor history: Author Zora Neale Hurston is born

January 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston, novelist and folklorist, was born. She is seen as one of the most important black writers in American history.

IAM Boeing workers narrowly approve 8-year contract extension

January 7, 2014 By PAI

Machinists who work for Boeing in the Puget Sound area, around Portland, Ore., and in Wichita, Kansas, narrowly approved an eight-year contract extension with Boeing.

Today in labor history: Poet Carl Sandburg is born

January 6, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On January 6, 1878: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author Carl Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois.