labor
It seems we have a qualified victory in the battle to unionize three Buffalo-area Starbucks stores. One has clearly voted for the union, one is unclear, and one seems to.
On December 6, 1970, the Calumet Community Congress met for the first time. This movement to fight pollution in Gary, Indiana was one of many forms of working class environmentalism.
Teamsters, Working Families United, National TPS Alliance, LA County Federation of Labor, CARECEN, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), Clergy and Laity United.
I'm the guest on today's edition of NPR's The Indicator, the podcast associated with Planet Money. I'm talking about the past and future of American labor unions. Check it out!
Tonight's film is this 1948 documentary made by the National Farm Labor Union about the terrible labor practices of DiGiorgio Farms in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the worst.
I am off to give a talk at a labor law conference in Minnesota where I am revisiting some of my discussions of globalization and the need for a Corporate.
James P. Hoffa is stepping down as the head of the Teamsters. This truly ends a generation when the name "Hoffa" means "Teamsters," for better or for worse. I was.
On November 15, 1975, Wages for Housework opened its storefront on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. This date allows us to explore this fascinating intersection between the feminist movement and ideas.