Strike
Janitors, security officers vote to authorize strike
February 22, 2013In back to back votes, SEIU Local 26 security officers and janitors voted unanimously to authorize their respective bargaining committees to call a strike at any time.
Read moreToday in labor history: State militia backs workers
February 7, 2013Gold miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, began a five-month strike in 1894, news of which travelled rapidly from one end of the country to the other,
Read moreToday in labor history: Samuel Gompers dies at the age of 74
December 13, 2012Gompers died December 13, 1924. He served as president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 to his death.
Read moreAgreement reached in LA-Long Beach port clerical workers strike
December 5, 2012The International Longshore and Warehouse Union said tentative agreement has been reached between ILWU Local 63's Office Clerical Unit (OCU) and 14 employers.
Read moreToday in labor history: Oakland general strike
December 3, 2012Today in 1946 Oakland California women led a general strike that massed some 140,000 workers.
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