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In about-face, lawmakers uphold Saturday mail delivery

June 27, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

After lobbying by the nation's postal unions - and questions from non-partisan auditors about savings claims - a key GOP-run House committee reversed course.

West Coast dock workers battling push to gut ILWU

June 26, 2014 By PAI

With their six-year contract about to expire, talks being held between the ILWU and the managers of Pacific coastal ports are going down to the wire.

Unite Here aims to grow union membership among low wage workers

June 25, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Delegates from all over the country, representing some 270,000 Unite Here members, are converging on this city June 25-27 for the union's constitutional convention.

Another problem for Gov. Christie: lawsuit for failure to pay pensions

June 24, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The workers all say Christie did not make a required $900 million payment to the state and local workers' pension plan. He wants the workers to shoulder the load, instead.

Union activist sees new unity, new day for labor movement

June 24, 2014 By Nicholas James

My members, along with hundreds of labor, community, faith and student allies, have arrived to show support to fast food workers organizing for $15-an hour and a union.