On May 13, 1874, a man in New York named Charles Walker was arrested for working his dog on a cider press. This is a chance to talk about the labor history of animals! We don't usually think of animals when we think of labor...
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On May 9, 1949, mob thugs assassinated International Ladies Garment Workers Union organizer William Lurye in a blatant effort to keep New York garment trade shops union-free. They got away.
I appreciate that the one thing that would force Anna Wintour to sit down and deal with the unions is the horrors of the Met Gala being threatened by angry.
President Joe Biden is greeted by Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers, as he arrives to speak to a United Auto Workers' political convention, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Harold Meyerson lays out just how amazing the end of...
This isn't a huge deal, but it's important to do something about these unionbusting CEOs who openly break the law without concern of consequence. A federal administrative law judge ruled.
On May 3, 1932, the former president of the Iowa Farmers Union, Milo Reno, organized the Farmers Holiday Association. This was a short-lived but important expression of rural organizing in.
On May 2, 1968, a small wildcat strike at a Chrysler plant in Detroit led to the creation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement. This merging of Black Power and leftist unionism challenged the United Auto Workers leadership as much as it did the auto...
On April 28, 1911, the South African government passed the Mines and Works Act that banned Africans to unskilled work in the mines and on the railroads. This especially what.
Shawn Fain smacks back at these southern politicians and employers whining about the UAW organizing campaign. Will it shock you that he has no time for their bullshit? At Mercedes,.
This is good news from Biden's excellent National Labor Relations Board: Labor officials have received a green light to pursue an injunction in federal court against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper for allegedly violating its employees’ rights. A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board confirmed...
The Union army is about to invade Alabama like it should have done in the Civil War. In 2014, the United Auto Workers abandoned a publicized push to unionize at.
While final numbers remain to come in, the YES vote for the UAW in the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant is overwhelming. The UAW has finally won in the South. I cannot.