On July 28, 1869, the Daughters of St. Crispin was founded. This was the first national women's labor union in American history and, while short lived, a great example of.
On July 19, 1881, Black laundry workers in Atlanta formed the Washing Society to demand labor rights. This remarkable moment shows how Black workers continued their struggle for freedom after.
I was happy to be quoted in this excellent and important American Prospect piece on sexual harassment in trucking. Not long after Claudia Lopez began her career in trucking, a.
On December 15, 1921, the Kansas National Guard arrived to break up women's marches in support of a strike of coal miners in southeastern Kansas. That intervention, done with the.
On March 20, 1991, the Supreme Court decided the case of United Auto Workers v. Johnson Controls. In this case, the Court, unanimously but with factions, held that private sector.
On October 11, 1979, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the chemical company American Cyanamid $10,000 for coercing women workers into sterilization if they wanted to work in.
Female machinist, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California, 1942. Photo by Alfred T. Palmer On September 19, 1945, 24 fired female employees of the Lindstrom Tool and Toy Company in.
In thinking about both labor issues and global development, the connection between women's work and water supplies must be central. In much of the world, women work incredibly hard hauling.
