Today in labor history: Black farmers meet to unionize, are attacked
Arkansas Gov. Charles Hillman Bough sent 100 U.S. troops to the area, where they exchanged gunfire with the farmers.
Unions sue agency for pulling City College of San Francisco accreditation
Teachers' unions and others here are suing an accreditation agency over its decision to revoke accreditation of the City College of San Francisco.
University workers call off strike
In a startling last-minute reversal yesterday, workers at several Oregon universities called off a strike set to begin on Monday.
AFL-CIO in motion after history-making convention
Unionists and their allies are wasting no time carrying out the decisions of what was a trail-blazing convention.
Today in labor history: 10,000-plus dockers locked out
Pacific Maritime Association, a coalition of corporate shipping giants, locked out 10,500 longshore workers today in 2002.
“Right to work” strategy session draws uninvited guests: union members
Backers of proposed right-to-work initiatives in Oregon and Washington got a taste of what the political fight might look like Sept. 5 at Clark College in Vancouver, Wash.
Workers at a New York T-Mobile outlet go union
Workers at a Metro PCS store in Harlem have voted this week for union representation by the CWA by a vote of 7-1.
Miners encircle Peabody coal company's headquarters
"This is a struggle for all that is good and decent in our country," Steve Earle, UMWA District 12 vice president, told nearly 2,000 mine workers.
D.C. unions to City Council: We’ll remember your Walmart vote
Workers citywide will remember which city council members voted for Walmart in upholding Mayor Vincent Gray's veto of legislation requiring a $12.50 minimum wage.
Today in labor history: California landmark Paid Family Leave
On September 23, 2002, Democratic California Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation making the state the first to offer workers paid family leave.
