Today in labor history: first edition of IWW Little Red Songbook
The book is a compilation of tunes, hymns, and songs to help build morale, promote solidarity, and lift the bleak spirits of the working class.
Today in labor history: Hormel meatpackers launch historic 1985 strike
The strike became a bitter conflict that galvanized workers' support from around the country and internationally.
Today in history: Social Security celebrates 80th birthday
On this date 80 years ago, in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt deepened and expanded the New Deal by signing into law the Social Security Act.
Today in labor history: NYC subway workers show their muscle
Eighty years ago, TWU president Mike Quill and his union colleagues were jumped by thugs as they made their way to union headquarters.
Today in labor history: Reagan fires air traffic controllers
"After 1981, Reagan and his followers willingly donned the mantle of union-busters." The firing of air traffic controllers was just the beginning.
Plaque marks site where Minneapolis cops fired on striking workers
"Bloody Friday" was a pivotal event in the 1934 Teamsters strikes in Minneapolis, a series of strikes that began in the bitter cold of February and continued through a hot summer.
