Labor
Big British labor federation picks female leader
July 16, 2012The Trades Union Congress, Great Britain's biggest labor federation, with 6.2 million members, elected Frances O'Grady as its General Secretary, its top administrative post.
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Today in labor history: Tenant farmers form union
July 13, 2012African American and white farmers formed the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Tyronza, Arkansas.
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Woody Guthrie’s first Daily Worker column
July 12, 2012Woody Sez "The national debit is one thing I caint figger out"
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Today in labor history: air conditioning patented by black inventor
July 12, 2012Today in 1949 African American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones submitted 3 patents: for an automatic refrigeration system for trucks; the starter generator; and a generator for cooling gas engines - and hence air conditioning was born!...
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NOW: Women workers of the world, organize!
July 9, 2012Feminists and labor activists at this month's NOW 2012 National Conference discussed women's roles and rights in the national and global economy.
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