McDonald’s workers sue fast food giant over racial and sexual discrimination
McDonald's workers who were fired last year after being told, "There are too many black people [working] in the store."
Quill Pettway, 94: A giant laid to rest
Quill Pettway, labor organizer and civil rights pioneer was part of a generation of Communists and radicals who made Detroit's rich labor and civil rights history.
To honor of King they marched for lives in Los Angeles
Over 3000 marchers and tens of thousands of observers lined up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in solidarity with the theme Black Lives Matter.
Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born
Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.
Federal workers achieve judicial win in employment discrimination case
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the Commerce Department's attempt to limit workers' rights to file discrimination cases.
Today in labor history: Rosa Parks takes a stand by sitting down
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, 42 years old, was arrested in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus.
Today in labor history: 200,000 students boycott Chicago public schools
Civil rights groups organized the boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
Today in labor history: Montgomery teenager refused to yield bus seat
On this day in 1955, African-American Mary Louise Smith refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery Alabama.
Kellogg's lockout of bakery workers headed for court
The NLRB seeks a court injunction ordering Kellogg's to take the workers back and bargain in good faith with their BCTGM, locked out last Oct.
Today in labor history: Title IX enacted
Title IX prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex.
