Remembering "Hy Climber" Fred Gaboury
One day in 1953 Fred Gaboury invited me to come to work with him so I could witness first hand his skill in rigging a spar tree high in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. I eagerly accepted.
Today in labor history: Police open fire on striking steelworkers
Police opened fire on workers who were marching to the Republic Steel plant in south Chicago to set up a picket line.
GOP Anchorage mayor calls union dues slavery
Proving that stupid political statements are not confined to the "Lower 48" of the nation's 50 states, the Republican mayor of Anchorage called union dues "slavery."
Today in labor history: Rochester general strike
On May 28, 1946, more than 30,000 workers in Rochester, N.Y., staged a successful one-day general strike.
Today in labor history: Steel Workers Organizing Committee dissolved
On this day in 1942, the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) was disbanded and replaced by the United Steel Workers of America (USWA).
Today in labor history: Hawaiian workers win collective bargaining
On May 21, 1945, the Hawaii Employee Relations Act was signed, guaranteeing the predominantly Native Hawaiian and Asian immigrant pineapple and sugar workers the right to bargain collectively.
Unity was their cry: Fast food workers go global
Tattooed teenagers joined with their sign-carrying elders as part of the global fast food workers' strike. Like an idea whose time has come, there was no holding back this group.
SEIU Attorney: Supreme Court case bigger threat than progressives realize
A recently argued U.S. Supreme Court case, pushed on the justices by the anti-worker National Right to Work Committee, is a big threat to unions.
For the W. Va. and Turkish Miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 Nov. 1920
Diane Gilliam Fisher is a true poet of miners, their communities, their culture and families.
Hartford and New Haven join fast-food workers strike in 150 cities
"Where Congress is failing to take action to address inequality, these workers are leading the way; their fight is a shining light that will benefit all workers in the country."
