Today in labor history: 1919 Boston police strike
Nothing fueled the anti-union Red Scare propagandists more than the Boston police strike of 1919.
Wisconsin union battle moves to … Massachusetts?
The overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts state House passed a bill that would limit the right of public employees to collectively bargain for their health care.
Workers invoke eminent domain to keep plant open
For the first time ever, eminent domain may be used to keep a factory running and workers on their jobs.
Workers in New England rustbelt fight to keep plant open
A group of workers in New England's economic rustbelt are battling an aerospace giant to preserve their livelihoods.
Housekeepers march in support of ‘Hyatt 100’
CHICAGO - Hundreds of women, members of Unite Here Local 1, marched and rallied at the Hyatt hotel, telling the mega-chain to rehire 100 housekeepers it fired in Boston.
