Avondale shipyard workers hold save jobs rally
When Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast region five years ago many of the workers at the Avondale shipyard near New Orleans stayed behind when the area was evacuated.
Meet Eliseo Medina, SEIU's first Latino sec.-treas.
The People's World interviewed Eliseo Medina, widely known as a highly successful organizer and immigrant rights advocate recently elected as the first Latino international secretary-treasurer with SEIU.
Town hall meet pledges to back BevMo! workers
What if full-time job you had counted on for years, to support your family and provide health care was morphing into a part-time job with no benefits?
Obama proposes $50 billion infrastructure bill
In his Labor Day speech to union members in Milwaukee the president, aiming for a serious reduction in the 9.6 percent unemployment rate, proposed a new $50 billion jobs plan.
