Today in labor history: Social reformer Jane Addams is born
Addams was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, a social Christian, and a leader in the women's suffrage and peace movements. She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Today in labor history: National Association of Letter Carriers founded
With sixty carriers attending from eighteen states, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) was founded in a meeting hall above Schaefer's saloon in Milwaukee, on August 29, 1889.
Letter Carriers: Even Dem plans for postal “reform” fall short
The latest Republican version of "reform" of the red-ink-ridden U.S. Postal Service is unacceptable.
Unions go public with intent to overhaul their own structure
The AFL-CIO will probe new ways of organizing itself and the broader labor movement and its allies to meet what it says are the changing times.
Union leaders endorse immigration reform framework, but devil is in the details
Top union leaders joined Obama in Las Vegas to endorse an immigration reform framework that a bipartisan group of eight senators unveiled the day before.
Today in Labor History: Fighting Mary and Mother Jones
On November 30, 1854, "Fighting Mary" Eliza McDowell, also known as the "Angel of the Stockyards," was born in Chicago.
AFL-CIO leader champions day laborers’ quest for humane immigration reform
Many, undocumented, risked arrest and possible deportation. But they would not be deterred in their quest.
In Vancouver, global labor rallies for jobs
SLIDESHOW: International unions rally for a global job creation agenda and a just economy for workers.
Labor anger and determination resound at Social Forum march
DETROIT - Labor made its presence felt at the U.S. Social Forum on Wednesday at a lively march and rally in the center of this ravaged city, calling for jobs and an end to cuts in city services.
World labor leaders: Reject dictatorship of markets
VANCOUVER, Canada - World labor leaders gathered here in the second congress of the International Trade Union Confederation are of one mind in rejecting the "Washington consensus."
