Labor
Today in labor history: Black farmer-union leader murdered by sheriff’s posse
July 15, 2013A leader of the Croppers' and Farm Workers Union in Tallapoosa County was brutally murdered July 15, 1931, by a heavily armed white mob.
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NEA votes $3 member fee for school improvement
July 15, 2013Delegates to the union's annual convention, the first week in July in Atlanta, approved the fee at the urging of President Dennis Van Roekel.
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Unions call Walmart’s Bangladesh safety pact “weak and worthless”
July 12, 2013The pact was negotiated behind closed doors with a D.C. think tank partially funded by Walmart, without any input from workers or unions, here or in Bangladesh.
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Reid, with labor’s support, moves toward “nuclear option” in Senate
July 12, 2013The U.S. Senate could be about to make some historic changes in the way it operates if Harry Reid, the labor movement, and its allies have their way.
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Today in labor history: Labor activist Oscar Neebe is born
July 12, 2013Oscar William Neebe, an anarchist and labor activist, was born on this day in 1850, in New York City.
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