On July 3, 1913, an auto worker named Charles Weaver lost his eye after a crowbar struck him in the face at work. That was bad enough, but for Weaver that was the second eye he had lost on the job, having lost the other...
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Whatever needs to happen with Biden, I have no complaints whatsoever about his labor record. Julie Su, who remains Acting Secretary of Labor because the techbros hate her so much,.
Starbucks employee Tim Swicord and Gailyn Berg pose for a portrait outside of a Starbucks in Springfield, Va on April 13, 2022. (Michael A. McCoy for NPR) As soon as.
One of the problems that a lot of very smart liberals are facing is what is to them a stunning realization--no one cares about policy. They thought that if you got more people to vote, they would vote for liberal positions because polling suggested they...
On June 28, 1946, the CIO's Operation Dixie campaign to organize the textile mills of Kannapolis, North Carolina began. It was a complete failure. We need to look at why..
The United Steelworkers are going all-in to defeat the planned purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel. Nippon Steel’s bid to acquire U.S. Steel is in jeopardy over concerns.
On June 25, 1943, Congress overrode Franklin Delano Roosevelt's veto of the Smith-Connally Act. Enacted after the United Mine Workers of America went on strike during World War II, the law allowed the president to take over industries involved in wartime production if the workers...
Subtle! A coffee chain in the Washington DC area is accused of hiring dozens of friends of management, including other local food service executives and an Uber lobbyist, in an effort to.
On June 22, 1916, cops shot a Croatian miner named John Alar who was part of the Industrial Workers of the World-led strike in the Mesabi Range of Minnesota. This.
Jaz Brisack is one of the founders of the Starbucks organizing campaign. You can read an interesting interview with Brisack here about organizing and the attempt to create replicable campaign strategies. I am less sure that particularly campaign strategies can lead to consistently replicable victories,...
Interesting argument here by Benjamin Sachs about southern governors so directly intervening in union elections to keep unions out of their states. Following the UAW’s election victory at Volkswagen in.
I appreciate what this city councilperson did here: Minneapolis City Council member Katie Cashman privately encouraged chef Ann Kim to voluntarily recognize an employee union at her Uptown restaurant, according to a.