Labor

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre

May 22, 2020 By Fred Gaboury

By day’s end, an army of gun-toting, stick wielding Chicago cops had shot ten dead, leaving hundreds of others beaten and gassed.

‘Save the News’ – Local journalists resist media monopolies

May 22, 2020 By Al Neal

The local newspaper is dying; in many places, it’s already dead.

McCOVID protest combo: McDonald’s workers PPE strike hits stores, shareholders meeting

May 22, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

“McDonald’s can choose to be a leader for good in the fast-food industry, or it can continue to drive a race to the bottom," Fight for $15 And a Union said.

Auto Workers union demands Trump wear anti-virus mask on Ford plant visit

May 21, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

But if past is prologue, he won't. Plus, the company already caved and said he didn't have to.

Corporations using coronavirus excuse to get permanent immunity from workers’ lawsuits

May 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The business scheme also includes routing the few lawsuits against the worst wrongdoers away from state courts and into federal courts packed with anti-worker Trump-named judges.