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Five and a half million women lost their jobs in 2020; Black, Latina, and Asian women were hit the hardest. With schools and child care centers closed, women were burdened with increased demands for their unpaid labor.

Aaron Favila / AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—From coast to coast, demands for passage of the PRO Act, the most pro-worker labor law overhaul in 86 years, will take center stage at May Day marches, teach-ins, and events, preceded by other pro-PRO Act actions that began on April 26. The AFL-CIO reports more than 700 events are planned, and that count may be low, as individual unions check in with their own marches and meetings. And five big Bay Area labor councils joined together for a May Day march in S...

Aaron Favila / AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—From coast to coast, demands for passage of the PRO Act, the most pro-worker labor law overhaul in 86 years, will take center stage at May Day marches, teach-ins, and events, preceded by other pro-PRO Act actions that began on April 26. The AFL-CIO reports more than 700 events are planned, and that count may be low, as individual unions check in with their own marches and meetings. And five big Bay Area labor councils joined together for a May Day march in S...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Town Hall event: Confronting the Covid Economy—Women Fight Back April 20, 2021 10:03 AM CDT By People’s World The recession caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic and aggravated by corporate-centered policies has been especially devastating for women workers, particularly wo...

Phoenix rally attendees call on Sen. Sinema to back $15 minimum wage Activists call on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to support $15 minimum wage Sen. Sinema, the senior Democratic senator for Arizona, is noted for her vote against a minimum wage during a vote on March 5. She says the Senate should have a debate on the minimum wage that is separate from the COVID relief bill. PHOENIX - March 8 is International Womens Day, and a demonstration was held outside the Phoenix office of Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D...