“Thank you so much to everyone who donated” to CSA’s Emergency Assistance Fund. “As we are able, we will also stand in solidarity to support others!” Today’s labor history: 8,000 attend dedication of The Haymarket Martyrs Monument. Today’s labor quote: A. Philip Randolph.
New five-year contract strengthens employee rights and improves health and safety. Today’s labor history: birth of Glove Workers Union president Agnes Nestor. Today’s labor quote: Albert Parsons.
New podcast features labor radio shows and podcasts across the country. Today’s labor history: Congress overrides Truman's veto of anti-worker Taft-Hartley Act. Today’s labor quote: Erica Smiley.
Dyana Forester on her personal background and the need for solidarity across movements today. Today’s labor history: violence at a coal mine strike at Herrin, Illinois. Today’s labor quote: Dyana Forester.
AFL CIO spotlights LGBTQ Americans...Deanna Forester wins as Metro Washington Council president...Stamp Out Hunger food drive...labor movement hits the streets for Black Lives Matter. Today’s labor history: 100,000 march with striking Detroit News and Detroit Free Press newspaper workers. Today’s labor quote: Albert Einstein.
Pride@Work Executive Director Jerame Davis on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling. Today’s labor history: striking African American auto workers attacked by the KKK, the National Workers League, and armed white workers in Detroit. Today’s labor quote: Eugene Victor Debs.
Starts at 5pm today on Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the AFL-CIO.. Today’s labor history: Women’s Day Massacre. Today’s labor quote: Organizers of today’s Labor March For Black Lives Matter.
Letter Carriers’ “Stamp Out Hunger” drive urges support for local food banks. Today’s labor history: A. Philip Randolph pushes Roosevelt on discrimination in war industries. Today’s labor quote: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Pledges to work closely with affiliates, delegates and board members “to build an even stronger local labor movement as we fight to improve the lives of working families throughout the metro area.” Today’s labor history: one of the most controversial decisions in the Supreme Court's history, Lochner v. New York. Today’s labor quote: Transport Workers Union.
Some are well-known national figures like Bayard Rustin, while others may not be as well-known, like Miriam Frank. Today’s labor history: National Industrial Recovery Act establishes the right to unionize. Today’s labor quote: Eugene V. Debs.
