Today in labor history: Puerto Rican labor organizer and feminist Luisa Capetillo born
She lived intensely: she fought for workers causes and the emancipation of women till here death..
Today in labor history: Birth of poet Dylan Thomas
Some of Thomas's poems have entered the canon of poetry in the English language. His "Do not go gentle into that good night" has become almost a popular saying.
Labor Secretary boosts unions, praises new models of organizing
For Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, unions are responsible for creating and sustaining the middle class, and represent what's right with the U.S.
Workers’ Ed Society opens in St. Louis
The St. Louis Workers' Education Society recently purchased its new headquarters - a historic, beautiful, 10,000 square-foot union hall located in south St. Louis City.
Walmart workers plan new round of Black Friday protests
Walmart workers have been agitating peacefully for years for pro-worker changes at the notoriously anti-worker low-paying lousy-benefits retail monster.
Ohio teachers strike, beat back board attack
The settlement will protect teacher's health care and pensions and establishes, for the first time, a program to control the growth of class sizes.
Farm workers: One, two, three grapes, you're out!
Harassment, abuse, and wage theft is going on in the fields of California's Central Valley by one of the nation's largest fruit growers, Gerawan.
Yuck! What’s on my chicken?
"USDA's plan will reduce the federal inspection process to a mere rubber stamp." The "USDA has pushed through its dirty chicken rule."
Chicago hotel workers to Bruce Rauner: Give back the money!
Rauner has made stopping what he calls the "chokehold" that special interests have on Illinois state government a key part of his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
Today in labor history: 200,000 students boycott Chicago public schools
Civil rights groups organized the boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
