Labor

Today in Labor History: Miners’ union formed

December 28, 2012 By Special to People’s World

It was the first attempt to found a national miner's union.

NLRB overturns union-busting policy

December 28, 2012 By Rick Nagin

In a landmark decision the National Labor Relations Board threw out a 50-year precedent and took away a powerful weapon employers have had.

Postal workers’ hunger strike over, victory declared

December 26, 2012 By Communities and Postal Workers United

The hunger strikers called on postal management to suspend cuts and closures and allow Congress to fix the finances by repealing the prefunding mandate and refunding the pension surplus.

Despite “right to work,” union organizing not letting up in Michigan

December 21, 2012 By John Rummel

Tea Party Republicans should have witnessed what took place last night at the Cesar Chavez Academy, a large for-profit charter school in Southwest Detroit.

Today in Labor History: Picketing declared unconstitutional

December 21, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1921 the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice William Howard Taft, declared that picketing was unconstitutional.