Staff of British left-wing Morning Star strike over Tory union restrictions
Journalists at the socialist daily, Britain's counterpart to People's World, staged a one-day political strike.
Today in labor history: U.S. tries to overthrow workers' government in Russia
On Sept. 4, 1918, U.S. troops landed at Archangel, in northern Russia, seeking to overthrow the new workers' government that had ousted the czar a year earlier.
British union federation to push pay cap for execs
The British Trades Union Congress, the umbrella organization for that nation's unions, will push for a specific pay cap for Britain's executive class.
U.S. and British transport workers form alliance
They have agreed to cooperate on safety issues; launch joint campaigns targeting employers in-common; and advance a strategy promoting the right of workers to organize unions and bargain.
