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GOP pushes to replace overtime with comp time

April 19, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON (PAI)-Charging ahead with their ideological agenda, the right wing Republicans who run the House Education and the Workforce Committee voted on April 17 for one of their pet causes, replacing overtime with comp time.

Equal Pay Day wage gap still at 77 cents on the dollar

April 10, 2013 By John Wojcik

It took women on the job all of 2012 and every day of 2013 up until April 9 to earn the eqivalent that men earned in 2012 alone.

Today in women’s history: National Women’s Party protests workplace discrimination

March 28, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1931, governors of Florida, Virginia, New Mexico and a few other states rejected proposals from the Cotton-Textile Institute to forbid women from working factory night shifts.

Today in women’s history: Mary Joyce ends thousand-mile sled dog trip

March 26, 2013 By Special to People’s World

During her thousand-mile trek, she endured -60º temperatures, primitive terrain, and minimal communication, making the journey a harrowing one.

March 25, 1911: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146

March 25, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Triangle Fire led both to the growth of unions - in particular the pioneering International Ladies Garment Workers - and to campaign successfully for reforms to health and safety laws, fire code improvement and enforcement and...