News Guild’s Lunzer: Court ruling could chill First Amendment
"The Chicago Sun-Times is being punished for doing exactly what a news organization is supposed to do: Hold the people in power to account."
Today in labor history: Freedom of the press
On this date, Nov. 17, 1734, New York printer and journalist John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), a German immigrant, was arrested.
Michigan autoworkers gear up for Nov. 4 elections
The union expects that anger over Republican anti-union legislation will help drive large numbers of people to the polls.
Today in labor history: Army attacks protesting veterans in D.C.
On July 28, 1932, General Douglas MacArthur led troops in burning to the ground a shantytown built near the U.S. Capitol by unemployed veterans demanding a promised bonus.
Pennsylvania unions cheer blocking of new voter ID law
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is cheering a judge's ruling bouncing the state's GOP-passed "voter ID" law, but the story isn't over yet.
Today in labor history: Wall Street crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S. Iit signaled the beginning of the 10-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.
Today in labor history: Workers’ rule crushed in Hungary
On August 7, 1919, the Republic of the Councils of Hungary in Budapest was crushed by foreign reactionaries.
Today in labor history: The murder of Frank Little
August 1, 1917: After organizing a strike against the Anaconda Copper Company, Frank Little was dragged by six masked men from his Butte, Mont., hotel room and hung from a railroad trestle.
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
AFL-CIO: Unions decline tied to attacks on democracy
Reports showing union membership at an all-time low are of enormous concern at a gathering of the nation's labor leaders. Members of the AFL-CIO executive council see it tied to attacks on democratic rights.
