Democratic Party platform panel waffles on trade and health care
Michael Smith had a message for the Democratic Party - stand up for workers who have lost jobs to so-called "free trade" pacts.
AFL-CIO endorses Hillary Clinton for President
"Hillary Clinton has proven herself as a champion of the labor movement and we will be the driving force to elect her President of the United States."
Elizabeth Warren: Some on Wall Street should be in handcuffs
Stiff fines of millions of dollars will not change the financial fraud that produced the Great Recession, Senator Elizabeth Warren said.
AFL-CIO leaders: Orlando attack aimed at Latinos too
"This was more than just an attack on the LGBTQ community; the victims were overwhelmingly young and Latino."
Missouri senate defeats “paycheck deception” bill
The bill would have forced workers to "opt-in" to having their dues taken out of their paychecks--a scheme that weakens unions.
Obama threatens defense bill veto over anti-LGBTQ, anti-worker provisions
The provisions, inserted in a huge DOD bill by House Republicans, are among the reasons the administration told Congress the president's advisors "would recommend he veto the bill."
On May Day
It's often forgotten, but May Day, the original, real, workers' holiday, originated in the U.S.
May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons' words of 1886
As we pay tribute to Parsons and the other Haymarket martyrs, People's World wishes all our readers in the United States and internationally a Happy May Day.
Labor, progressives warn Congress: Keep ideological agenda out of spending bills
"Riders from the Republican leadership are a way to manipulate the rules in favor of the wealthy few and big corporations."
Rebellion growing in Juarez border factories
Workers have marched through the streets and demanded recognition of independent unions.
