Today in labor history: Mary McLeod Bethune born
Mary McLeod Bethune, one of our great civil rights leaders, was born July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, S.C. Her parents were former slaves.
Today in labor history: Stonewall sparks gay rights movement
Forty four years ago today the Stonewall demonstrations broke out in New York City,
Union leaders hail court dumping of DOMA
WASHINGTON (PAI) - Union leaders hailed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to throw out the Defense of Marriage Act, the anti-gay law a Republican-run Congress railroaded through, and which then-President Bill Clinton signed.
The Dream lives on, but we must fight for it
In a five-to-four decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the formula in Section 4 of the 1965 Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional.
U.S. poor are in free fall
The level of income inequality stretches much higher in the United States than in the other developed countries. Now it's gone off the chart.
Today in labor history: Supreme Court ends laws against interracial marriage
The case was brought forth by Richard and Mildred Loving, who were imprisoned for one year for marrying in the state of Virginia.
Unionists back marriage equality, in and out of high court
Inside and outside the U.S. Supreme Court, unionists backed the right of same-sex couples to marry as the justices held hearings on two separate cases on the issue.
The ugly racial history of “right to work”
The victory for "right-to-work" (for less) legislation in Michigan has spurred talk of expanding efforts to pass similar laws to weaken unions in other states.
Today in labor history: Black workers form national union
African American delegates met in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union.
