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For dignity and higher wages, Walmart workers risk arrest

September 6, 2013 By Ben Markeson

ORLANDO, Fla. - Seven members and supporters of OUR Walmart, Organization United for Respect at Walmart, were arrested here for blocking an entrance, during a protest at a Walmart in Orange County, Fla., on Sept. 5.

Across nation, Walmart workers protest illegal firings

September 6, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

Across the nation, Walmart workers struck again, and rallied with union and community supporters in some 15 cities.

Big business behind Rick Perry’s push in Missouri

August 28, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

Rick Perry, the right-wing Republican governor of Texas, is running TV and radio ads - backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce - attacking the Democratic governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon.

Union flags fly along the Maine coast

August 20, 2013 By Special to People’s World

There are some 6,000-plus lobster boat workers in Maine that best fit Victor Hugo's general description of them more than a century ago - toilers of the sea.

Documents expose new ALEC scheme to kill clean energy

August 8, 2013 By John Wojcik

"It is clear ALEC is working in secret to push state policies in an extreme right direction, but working families are standing up to this agenda."