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Workers of the world are uniting

June 25, 2012 By Scott Marshall

Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.

Biggest public worker union elects new president

June 25, 2012 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.

A win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan

June 25, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.

Texas janitors on strike

June 25, 2012 By Fabian Sneevliet

Many of the janitors employed by big corporations such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Penzoil, Centerpoint Energy, and Reliant, do not make enough to provide food for their families.

Planned new $1B U.S.-Canada bridge to create thousands of jobs

June 21, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy And Mark Gruenberg

A new billion-dollar bridge between Detroit and Windsor., the busiest border crossing from Canada to the U.S., will create 10,000 new jobs on the U.S. side, and it'll be built with U.S. and Canadian steel.