May jobless rate at 7.6 percent
But the alleged business job creation rate is not enough to make a positive dent in the number of jobless, which was 11.8 million in May.
Today in labor history: Labor radical Tom Mooney freed
Radical labor activist Tom Mooney, accused of a murder by bombing in San Francisco, was pardoned and freed after 22 years in San Quentin.
Today in labor history: Panama Canal, built by 75,000, opens
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened, after 32 years of construction and an estimated 28,000 worker deaths.
Today in labor history: Anarchist fails to kill steel magnate
Alexander Berkman took a shot at and stabbed but failed to kill Henry Clay Frick, the steel magnate.
June 19: workers, families occupy Akron, Youngstown, and Hawaii
Today in labor history ... an Occupy trio: 1934 first sit-down strike, 1937 Women's Day Massacre and 1953 four-day general strike in Hawaii.
Can labor recover from its critics? A reply to Francis Fox-Piven
The labor movement has more than its share of critics. It seems like nearly everyone is ready to give it advice, whether solicited or not.
Unions and the middle class: What’s in a name?
Defending the middle class has become a central theme in labor's fightback.
Republicans target labor
Before the dust had settled on the 2010 elections, the Chamber of Commerce, the corporate-secret-donor political action committees and the far right began to move into attack mode against the labor movement. After all, they expect a good return on the hundreds of millions of dollars they spent buying Congress.
Do you make too much money?
Do you, the reader, think you make too much money?Because there are many who think public sector workers do!
Child labor in the U.S.A.
How inviting it looks, the fruit laid out for us in grocery stores and supermarkets in a profusion of bright color.
