labor history

Honors for Hugh Mulzac, the captain who fought Jim Crow, Hitler, and McCarthy

September 29, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

In 1942, Hugh Mulzac became the first African American man of Caribbean descent to captain a U.S. Merchant Marine ship, the S.S. Booker T. Washington.

The time Rich Trumka brought 1,500 miners to Greenwich, Conn.

August 24, 2021 By John Olsen

When AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka passed away recently, it brought back memories of our first encounter in Connecticut in 1989.

Organizing is a necessity: A political history of the Hamilton Unemployed Union

August 24, 2021 By Terry Fraser And Sam Hammond

In the summer of 1981, Canada’s economy was in a recession, with unemployment hitting 11%. It didn't seem like the best time to try and organizer workers.

Black women laundry workers finally get their due as organizers and leaders

August 9, 2021 By Beatrice Lumpkin

As a history of laundry workers and their 108-year struggle for justice from 1912 to 2020, Jenny Carson's book comes at an important time.

EPI panel, govt. official warn companies want a ‘piece work’ society

June 28, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Intentional employer misclassification of workers is far more than just a gig economy problem.