Ohio unions back fired teacher Carla Hale, LGBT rights
Organized labor has weighed in on the side of LGBT rights in central Ohio, starting with the strong support given to discharged teacher Carla Hale.
Sanders, citing her anti-worker stand, is sole senator vs. Pritzker
Hyatt fired housekeepers, replacing them with out-of-state minimum-wage temps. Unite Here has called a boycott of Hyatt.
What they didn’t tell you about the Twinkies comeback!
The trimmed-down Hostess has a far less costly operating structure than the predecessor company, but workers are no longer unionized.
Today in labor history: “Wobblies” founded in 1905
The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the "Wobblies," was founded at a 12-day convention in Chicago, June 27, 1905.
New York teachers back Thompson for mayor
This city's huge teachers' union has selected the candidate it prefers in the mayoral race now underway here.
Today in labor history: Activist Agnes Nestor born
On June 24, 1880, labor and women's rights activist Agnes Nestor was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. She moved to Chicago in 1897 and started working at the age of 14 in the glove industry
Today in labor history: Arthur Miller refuses to name communists
In the height of the Cold War witchhunts on June 21, 1956, playwright and a giant of American theater, Arthur Miller, courageously defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refused to name any suspected communist.
Today in labor history: American Railway Union founded
On this day in 1893, the American Railway Union - one of the first industrial unions in the United States - was founded.
Service Employees plan massive response to GOP’s immigrant bashing
"If they thought 2012 was bad" in terms of the tide of Latino votes against the GOP, "wait 'till 2014 and 2016."
Today in labor history: The 1937 "Women's Day Massacre"
On June 19, 1937, police in Youngstown, Ohio, used tear gas on women and children, including at least one infant in his mother's arms, during the historic strike at Republic Steel.
