Today in labor history: Rosie the Riveter dies at 77
Rose Will Monroe, who became famous as "Rosie the Riveter," died on May 31, 1997. During World War II, Monroe went to work in the aircraft industry as a riveter making parts for military airplanes.
Race to the bottom for sweatshop workers
Minimum wage workers, earning $74 a month were beaten by riot police for a protest demanding a $14 a month raise.
Today in labor history: 400 Black women strike over wages, conditions
Writing in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois described the upsurge among Black women and men tobacco workers as part of the great industrial union organizing drives.
Labor editor wins award: good time to give
John Wojcik, labor editor of peoplesworld.org, is a winner. Show the love.
Political courage to create jobs is lacking, AFL-CIO’s Trumka charges
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, in a major address today at the National Press Club in Washington, said the jobs crisis "cries out for political courage but that courage is not much in evidence.
