I’m a fourth-generation union glazier. I remember being a kid sitting around the dinner table when my dad was on strike, ...
The session will feature a shared timeline activity—mapping key moments in campus labor history, from contract victories and organizing drives to coalition efforts and campaigns. Participants will ...
The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, by the Central Labor Union. They celebrated again a year later, but this was long before it became a national holiday.
Our labor movement isn’t in fighting shape. It must build up to strike readiness through greater organizing and collaboration by large locals and labor councils, and through escalating direct actions ...
Palestine has always been a labor issue — but until recently, many top US union leaders have been on the wrong side.
Everyone loves a parade, as the old adage goes, and in 1886 the Knights of Labor certainly hoped this would prove true when they planned the first Labor Day celebration in Indianapolis. With one of ...
President Donald Trump waves goodbye to reporters following a meeting with the Teamsters in 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically ...