National – Page 344 – People's World

Many hoping for pro-worker State of the Union

January 23, 2014 By John Wojcik

President Obama is expected to call for an increase in the minimum wage to $10.00 an hour during next Tuesday's State of the Union address.

Moral Mondays expanded in North Carolina

January 23, 2014 By Kenneth Quinnell

On Feb. 8, the Moral Monday movement, which showed massive momentum in 2013, will return with its biggest event yet, the Moral March on Raleigh.

Boeing contract a key issue in Machinists rerun election

January 23, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Controversy over the narrowly ratified eight-year contract extension between the Machinists and Boeing will be a key issue.

Thousands in Seattle march on MLK Day for $15 wage

January 22, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

More than 5,000 protesters marched through downtown Seattle on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day chanting, "Raise the minimum wage now!"

Hartford rising for Community Bill of Rights

January 22, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

The multi-racial rally, called in the spirit of Dr. King's 1964 poor people's campaign, was held in Hartford's North End, one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the nation.