Labor
Today in labor history: Freedom of the press
November 17, 2014On this date, Nov. 17, 1734, New York printer and journalist John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), a German immigrant, was arrested.
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Obama cancels nomination of NLRB nominee Block
November 14, 2014In one of the first signs he may be feeling pressure from the incoming Senate Republican majority, Obama officially dumped the nomination of Sharon Block.
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Official October jobless rate drops 0.1 percent
November 14, 2014The unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent in October, to 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
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28 arrested so far in sit-down strikes at California Walmarts
November 14, 2014The group was joined by hundreds of Californians who rallied outside the store in Pico Rivera, the site of the first Walmart strikes in 2012.
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Today in labor history: Official claims “Robin Hood” was communist plot
November 13, 2014The episode seems silly in retrospect. What was not so silly, however, was the political repression Communists faced.
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