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House GOP defeated again on prevailing wages

June 6, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

By a 231-192 tally, yet another House Republican move to trash workers' rights and incomes went down the drain on June 4.

Walmart worker tells why she is striking

June 4, 2013 By Ben Markeson

A busload of fellow Walmart workers along with community supporters stood with Walmart worker Lisa Lopez as she informed her store managers that she was going on strike.

Today in labor history: Massachusetts establishes first minimum wage

June 4, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Much later, in 1938, the country would get a federal minimum wage law under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But this initial law was still a powerful move.

Union BBQs for strikers on way to Walmart shareholders meet

June 4, 2013 By Ben Markeson

Union brothers and sisters and community supporters organized a barbecue for a caravan of striking Walmart workers who stopped in Orlando on May 28.

Congress Hotel strike ends, fight of hotel workers goes on

May 31, 2013 By Special to People’s World

With the 10th anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike approaching, Unite Here Local 1, the union representing Chicago's hospitality workers, announced the end of strike on May 29.