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California labor leader to replace Holt-Baker at AFL-CIO

July 25, 2013 By Special to People’s World

California labor official Tefere Gebr will succeed Arlene Holt Baker as Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO.

Senate to vote by July 31 on all five NLRB nominees

July 25, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The Senate will vote during the week of July 29 on all five of President Obama's nominees.

Today in labor history: Emma Lazarus born in 1849

July 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote "The New Colossus," was born July 22, 1849.

Steelworkers oppose using Chinese steel for Verrazano Bridge repairs

July 22, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Another local transit agency is repairing another big well-known U.S. bridge using Chinese steel, and thus not U.S. steel or steelworkers.

Minimum wage workers teach economics to the economists

July 18, 2013 By Dominique Paul Noth

A working father with a high school education, Marvin was one of 18 minimum wage workers gathered at a South Side job center to discuss the need for higher pay.