Today in labor history: Operation PUSH founded
Eventually the organization was able to expand into areas of social and political development for blacks in Chicago and across the nation.
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.
Today in labor history: NAACP sends "Appeal to the World" to the UN
The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.
Today in labor history: Black farmers meet to unionize, are attacked
Arkansas Gov. Charles Hillman Bough sent 100 U.S. troops to the area, where they exchanged gunfire with the farmers.
Groups launch new initiative for women’s equality
Women's organizations, activists, and lawmakers launched a women's economic intiative that includes not just reproductive rights but pay equity, good jobs, and economic justice.
AFL-CIO demands end to anti-gay job discrimination
LOS ANGELES - At its 2013 convention here Sept. 11 the AFL-CIO passed a strongly worded resolution calling for an end to on-the-job discrimination against gay people.
Today in labor history: Women win right to vote, Women’s Equality Day declared
On Aug. 26, 1920, women finally won the right to vote when the necessary number of states ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
Today in labor history: Fisk University incorporated
On Aug. 22, 1867, Fisk University, one of the nation's most famous historically black colleges, was formally incorporated.
SEIU, AFT join coalition to stop job discrimination vs. gays
"Embedding discrimination against LGBT Americans into our laws and workplaces is not only morally reprehensible, it also makes zero economic sense."
Pennsylvania unions launch massive campaign against voter ID law
The Pa. AFL-CIO is pushing a huge online petition demanding the GOP-run state legislature repeal the state's "voter ID" law.
