On July 1, 1847, the Factories Act of 1847 in Britain went into effect. This law limited hours in textile mills for women and children under 18 to 10 per day. It also lowered the weekly hours to 63. The idea here was that by...
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On June 16, 1958, the Chicago Crossing Guards Association rejected an offer from AFSCME to join the union because these women did not believe the union would fight effectively for.
Colorado unions are getting a bit of revenge against their unionbusting "Democratic" governor, joining a lawsuit against Jared Polis for yet another horrible action by him. The union representing more.
That David Huerta, who heads SEIU in California, was arrested during the immigration protests in Los Angeles has galvanized a lot of attention on the relationship between unions and immigration. There's a number of stories about this. Here's one in the Times. Here's the one...
On June 9, 1941, the military, with support from the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the United Auto Workers, ended the North American Aviation strike in Los Angeles. This remarkable.
On June 8, 1909 Washington's pioneering anti-tipping law went into effect. A goal of a lot of Progressives, this law attempted to end a labor practice that for the middle.
On June 6, 1844, George Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London. While it was not really Williams' intention, the YMCA would later become a critical allly in the corporate fight against radical unionization and the initial date of its founding is a...
Lane Windham, long-time union staffer and now historian, looks back on 30 years since John Sweeney took over the AFL-CIO with promises of change. That change did happen to some.
Rhode Island AFL-CIO Patrick Crowley (a good friend of mine, I will mention for disclosure's sake) and Karen Hazard write that the best way to improve healthcare outcomes given the.
Remember that our apparel companies continue their endless globalization of evil, from Triangle to the present: When police used stun batons to hit garment workers seeking a $14 monthly raise from a Nike factory in Cambodia in 2013, reportedly leading one pregnant woman to miscarry,...
Union members at Politico are angry because their bosses want to AI them out of existence: Politico became one of the first newsrooms last year to win a union contract that included rules.
One reason to read literary journals is to learn a bit about things through book reviews for books you'd never read on your own. For example, the Egyptian pyramids. I.