
Seattle Teamsters local to organize Uber, Lyft drivers after city council vote
Teamsters Local 117 in Seattle will step up its efforts to unionize Uber and Lyft drivers.

Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded
The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.

Walmart hired Lockheed-Martin, asked FBI to spy on activist workers
The spying was contained in documents filed with the NLRB in a case that OURWalmart -- an employee group to improve pay and working conditions -- filed with the agency.

