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Supreme Court postpones top labor case involving NLRB rulings

October 2, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

McCutcheon is scheduled for Oct. 8, but the court may not be in session because Congress has not approved money bills to keep the government going.

Today in labor history: Black farmers meet to unionize, are attacked

September 30, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Arkansas Gov. Charles Hillman Bough sent 100 U.S. troops to the area, where they exchanged gunfire with the farmers.

University workers call off strike

September 30, 2013 By Steve McAllister

In a startling last-minute reversal yesterday, workers at several Oregon universities called off a strike set to begin on Monday.

AFL-CIO in motion after history-making convention

September 30, 2013 By Juan Lopez

Unionists and their allies are wasting no time carrying out the decisions of what was a trail-blazing convention.

Today in labor history: Wreck of the Old 97

September 26, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The derailment left 11 of the eighteen on board dead and the remaining seven injured. Among the dead were engineer Broady, the conductor, and the flagman.