Labor
Higher state minimum wage campaign gains steam in Minnesota
October 23, 2013The drive to enact a higher state minimum wage in Minnesota has gained steam.
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Report: 70 million born between 1980 and 2000 in big trouble
October 23, 2013Millennials are facing double-digit unemployment rates, low wages, mounting college costs, and crippling student-loan debt.
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Today in labor history: NAACP sends “Appeal to the World” to the UN
October 23, 2013The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.
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Today in labor history: 50th anniversary of Chicago public schools boycott
October 22, 2013On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups organized Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
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Today in labor History: First Medicine Lodge Treaty signed
October 21, 2013The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867.
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