Sarah Jaffe has a typically excellent piece at The Progressive discussing whether we are presently in a moment akin to the development of the CIO in the mid 30s. I.
On October 12, 1933, Mexican workers went on strike in the Los Angeles garment industry. This was a foundational moment in Mexican American labor history, one that presaged their growing.
On September 30, 1919, a shootout occurred between armed guards protecting a union meeting of sharecroppers in Elaine, Arkansas and whites seeking to intimidate them. The next day, the governor.
I gave the keynote address for the Rhode Island Labor History Society's annual Labor Day gathering. Despite the horrible weather (it rained 3 inches that day and more in some.
On September 21, 1982, the National Football League Players Association walked off the job in the first strike that cost games in professional football history. The players didn't win all.
Wonkette asked me to write up a case for Biden being the best president for unions. I don't quite want to go that far--it's still early--but there is a case.
Starbucks is really pushing the bounds of legality, one assumes believing the right-wing courts will back them up, in its union busting campaigns. Starbucks introduced new financial-focused employee benefits on.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 13: Workers service the tracks at the Metra/BNSF railroad yard outside of downtown on September 13, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Metra, the largest rail service carrying.
