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At Social Security birthday party, Rosa DeLauro cuts the cake

August 16, 2010 By Special to People’s World

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - "The genius of the Social Security system is that it ties generations together," Rep. Rosa DeLauro said at a kickoff event for Social Security's 75th birthday.

Social Security at 75 is under attack, again

August 16, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

"There is no tragedy in growing old, but there is tragedy in growing old without means of support,"President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1934.

Social Security’s 75th birthday spurs “Hands off” campaign

August 4, 2010 By Joelle Fishman

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The hot summer is heating up even more as the fight to preserve and extend Social Security becomes a front-burner issue in the 2010 elections.

Unions join drive to save Social Security

August 3, 2010 By Mark Gruenberg

Labor organizations joined 59 other groups on July 29 to unveil a mass movement to protect Social Security from an Obama administration-named deficit-cutting commission.

Seattle City Council honors Will Parry

July 28, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

SEATTLE-The Seattle City Council honored veteran trade union activist, Will Parry, July 19, for his "lifelong commitment, and work, to achieve social and economic justice for all the residents of Seattle."