Coming in October: North American Labor History Conference
Started in 1979, Detroit's annual Labor History Conference has continuously brought pressing issues faced by the worldwide working class to the front of academic scholarship.
Ohio unions gear up for November elections
"I have never seen such hostility, so many non-stop attacks on working people. The greedy corporate forces won't stop unless and until we stop them."
Today in labor history: Huge Solidarity Day march in Washington
Hundreds of thousands of union members marched past the White House to protest Ronald Reagan's union-busting.
GOP filibuster defeats paycheck fairness act, again
Women's' groups calculate the median female worker loses $11,600 yearly to the discriminatory wage gap.
Today in labor history: The UMW occupation at Pittston Moss 3 plant
In 1989, 98 UMWA members and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia, the most important act of civil disobedience during the Pittston strike.
Election is biggest union organizing victory in the South in decades
New American Airlines passenger service agents vote big for union representation.
Today in labor history: Jewish labor leaders stamps issued
The progressive secular Jewish Currents magazine issued the stamps: Notable among them are four women and a range of ideological orientations
AFL-CIO president: Michael Brown is family (video)
"Our brother killed our sister's son and we do not have to wait for the judgment of prosecutors or courts to tell us how terrible this is."
Today in labor history: Racists bomb Birmingham church, kill 4 children
The bombing took place two weeks after the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why labor has stake in fighting for racial equality
"I'm going to stray from my usual convention speech; I'm going to talk about something that may be difficult and uncomfortable, but what I'm going to say needs to be said."
