Today in labor history: Joe Hill executed
On November 19, 1915, labor leader and songwriter Joe Hill was executed in Utah on what many believe was a framed charge of murder.
Ahead of Black Friday, Walmart workers brief Capitol Hill lawmakers
"With Walmart's low-wages and hectic schedules, too many Walmart workers are left on the edge of poverty."
Today in labor history: Atlanta workers engage in sit-down strike
Workers at the General Motors plant in Atlanta, Georgia participated in a sit-down strike, which was part of a greater ongoing wave of labor organizing during the 1930s.
After tough election, labor leaders say unions are here to stay
"What happened in this election," Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO declared, "is that the vast majority of the voters stayed home."
On-site report from LA Walmart sit-in
History was made on Thursday, Nov. 13, when Walmart workers took part in the first sit-ins in the store's history to demand $15 an hour and full-time work.
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.
Obama cancels nomination of NLRB nominee Block
In one of the first signs he may be feeling pressure from the incoming Senate Republican majority, Obama officially dumped the nomination of Sharon Block.
Official October jobless rate drops 0.1 percent
The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent in October, to 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
28 arrested so far in sit-down strikes at California Walmarts
The group was joined by hundreds of Californians who rallied outside the store in Pico Rivera, the site of the first Walmart strikes in 2012.
Today in labor history: Official claims “Robin Hood” was communist plot
The episode seems silly in retrospect. What was not so silly, however, was the political repression Communists faced.
