Labor – Page 557 – People's World

Unions demand good jobs as study shows openings pay little

August 2, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

"Industries that once were great contributors to our country - auto, shipbuilding, machine tools and even electronics - are shadows of what they once were," declares the Task Force on Job Creation, in its report, released...

For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough

August 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.

Is snail mail on its last legs?

July 29, 2011 By Blake Skylar

The United States Postal Service has announced that it will examine 3,700 post offices for the possibility of closure.

Texans soak up union culture

July 27, 2011

Old and new union songs, poetry and information were presented to a group of about 50 people from all over the area.

Finally, a new hospital rises in post-Katrina St. Bernard

July 26, 2011 By John Wojcik

The slowness to rebuild the health care system served the interests of those seeking to permanently remove poor people and many working families from the area, union leaders and others here say. Unions have taken up...