Today in Labor History: Fighting Mary and Mother Jones
On November 30, 1854, "Fighting Mary" Eliza McDowell, also known as the "Angel of the Stockyards," was born in Chicago.
Today in Labor History: 1934 textile workers strike begins
The textile workers' strike of 1934 was the largest strike in U.S. labor history at the time, involving as many as 500,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states,.
A life in organizing, an interview with Stewart Acuff
A key voice in the design of the Employee Free Choice Act, Acuff spoke about how much change the very modest improvements in labor law the bill would bring, with his signature faith in working people.
Jobs pipeline offers hope
Youth, the unemployed, elected officials, educators, union leaders, and the business community were all represented at a public hearing.
Armored vehicle operators form union, demand respect
The union's slogan is "United we bargain, divided we beg."
Internet organizing brings on the ground victory
Laptops might forever replace leaflets as the way people get the word out when they want to form unions at their workplaces.
Trumka, panel debate working-class anger and elections
"There is a class war going on in this country," AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said during a September 24 panel discussion at the Cooper Union, "and my class is losing. We've got to turn that around."
Protests force suspension of Hyatt's first shareholders meeting
Just six months after becoming a publicly traded company protests forced Hyatt Hotels to suspend its first shareholders meeting here.
Labor’s big election loss
The Senate Democrats loss of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority seems almost certain to doom attempts to revive the barely functioning National Labor Relations Board, the country¹s chief labor law administrator and enforcer.
Honor Dr. King and boycott Bissell products, workers say
JOLIET, Ill. - As a way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., religious and labor leaders here announced a boycott of Bissell products after 70 workers were fired last year.
