Caterpillar capitalism triumphs
Machinists at Caterpillar voted to accept the company's contract offer, which included the same give backs as the one they rejected some four months ago.
Judy Gallo, longtime activist, dies at 70
About 100 friends and activists in labor and progressive groups gathered at a memorial here Aug. 18 to pay tribute to Judy Gallo, who died recently at age 70.
Janitors strike rocks Houston, forces employers to talk
Janitors here won a historic victory this past week as the contractors were forced to begin negotiations with the Service Employees International Union.
Today in labor history: remembering Frank Little and more
Wobblie organizer Frank Little is dragged by six masked men from his hotel room and hung from the Milwaukee Railroad trestle.
Today in labor history: Steel Workers founded in Pittsburgh
Within a year of its inception, over 125,000 people had joined the union.
Today in labor history: San Francisco General Strike
On July 16, 1934, the city of San Francisco shut down as 65,000 workers from all industries walked off the job, in response to a call by longshore workers for a general strike.
Today in labor history: Tenant farmers form union
African American and white farmers formed the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Tyronza, Arkansas.
Woody Guthrie's first Daily Worker column
Woody Sez "The national debit is one thing I caint figger out"
