Today in labor history: Anti-Monopoly Party founded
There were 200 delegates from 16 states at the convention, including 61 from Illinois and Michigan.
Labor Dept. releases list of “books that shaped work in America”
The U.S. Labor Department has released a fascinating list of "books that shaped work in America."
Lorain, Ohio unions elect independent slate
The election report to delegates at the Central Labor Council (CLC), in this union-dense Ohio home of the state's largest steel and auto manufacturing facilities, was one of a different type this November.
Trumka warns Dems: stick by Social Security, Medicare
LAS VEGAS - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has put lawmakers on notice to stick by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or face labor opposition at the polls next year.
Senate to vote Oct. 28 on Griffin for top NLRB enforcement job
The Senate is scheduled to vote late on Oct. 28 on Obama's nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
Labor's house opens door wide: Let's work together
Envisioning a common cause coalition powerful enough to defeat the stranglehold of "entrenched corporate interests," Richard Trumka announced an agenda that would include many democratic goals.
Steelworker runs for Ohio council seat
BROOKLYN, Ohio - When Republicans in the Ohio legislature passed Senate Bill 5, designed to wipe out public workers' pensions, in 2011, it was personal for young Marc Bukszar.
Today in labor history: Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law
The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law today in 1990.
The labor movement is talking - is the left listening?
All of us on the left who see the importance of strengthening the labor movement need to be fully engaged in this process.
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.
