Today in labor history … Emma Goldman, IWW, anti-racism and more
Women's rights activist and anarchist Emma Goldman was born in Lithuania. She came to the United States when she was 17.
After Arizona
The ruling sends a signal to the right wing and lawmakers in Arizona, Alabama and elsewhere that state laws, recently put on the books for racist and political reasons across this country, are unconstitutional.
Workers of the world are uniting
Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.
The minimum wage, labor and the 2012 elections
Unions and labor need to speak independently for all of the working class and working families.
Today in history: England’s 99% crushed
On June 15, 1381, Wat Tyler, a leader of a peasant/laborer rebellion that swept England, was killed by the king's supporters.
Union leader Avelino “Abba” Ramos dies at 78
Avelino "Abba" Ramos, longtime leader in the ILWU, died in his sleep of Lewy body dementia, June 5, at Bali Bay Care Home in Richmond, Calif.
Today in labor history: Maritime strikers killed in New Orleans port
Ninety-nine years ago today, police opened fire on striking maritime workers outside the headquarters of United Fruit Company in New Orleans, La.
