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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.

Today in labor history: Seattle Potlatch Riots

July 17, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Much of the coverage in the local newspapers blamed the IWW for the attack and accused it for being a destabilizing force in the city.

Living New Deal illuminates labor, art history on San Francisco’s waterfront

July 17, 2013 By Michelle Kern

Living New Deal will catalogue and preserve New Deal projects in the U.S.