Today in labor history: Jack London, writer, socialist, dies at 40
Best known to U.S. readers as the author of Call of the Wild, London also wrote several powerful works dealing with workers, capitalism and socialism - including his famous dystopian novel The Iron Heel.
NLRB: Groups’ call center fired worker for union activism
"They've taken every opportunity to fire people, and they've been getting away with it."
National Labor College to close
"I am saddened to report that the Board of Trustees directed me and the college's officers to develop a plan to close the college," said the institution's president.
Today in labor history: Phone workers call for union
The National Federation of Telephone Workers - later to become the CWA - was founded today in New Orleans in 1938.
Supreme court wrestles with outlawing card check and other union rights
Some right-wing anti-union moves ran into an apparently skeptical U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 13.
Community, union unite to save jobs at GE plant
General Electric recently announced that it slated the closure of its plant in Fort Edwards, N.Y., and intends to move the remaining plant operations to an undisclosed site.
Today in labor history: FDR unveils Civil Works Administration
President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration on November 8, 1933, a short-lived program, but one that created jobs for millions of unemployed workers, giving temporary relief to the suffering in the midst of the Great Depression.
Today in labor history: Supreme Court used Taft-Hartley Act to break a steel strike
In 1947 the 81st Congress, controlled by Republicans for the first time since 1930, overruled President Truman's veto and rammed the Taft-Hartley Law through Congress, severely limited strike activities .
AFL-CIO launches ad campaign to press GOP on immigration reform
The fate of comprehensive immigration reform with a road map to citizenship that fully protects the rights of all workers is in the hands of House Republicans.
“Solidarity forever” is retiring union leader’s legacy
"John took us in," said Trumka. "We won a tremendous strike and saved healthcare for 2,000 families, my mother and dad included."
