On April 2, 1992, Seattle mayor Norm Rice created the Child Care Staffing Task Force to deal with the city’s low-wage child care workers and how to improve their working.
On March 30, 1891, the National Union of Textile Workers formed. This early attempt to unite New England textile workers did not succeed, but it was an important moment in.
On March 18, 1886, anarchists in Liege, Belgium, held an action commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Paris Commune. Tapping into great dissatisfaction among the Belgian working class with their.
On March 14, 1882, textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts walked off the job. Thirty years later, a much more famous textile strike would take place in that town. That one.
On March 2, 1957, Indiana became the first industrial state in Midwest to pass a right to work law, a major defeat for unions and a major victory for the.
On February 20, 1917, leftist women in New York City, led by the anarchist Marie Ganz, held a big protest against high food prices. This led to a boycott to.
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act. This narrow but important bill overturned Sam Alito's "logic" in deciding that women couldn't sue for pay discrimination.
On January 25, 1960 Mitsui Miike coal mine lockout in Japan began, the single biggest labor dispute in the history of Japan. This was also a core battle to see.
