strikes

Today in labor history: Labor journalist Mary Heaton Vorse is born

October 9, 2013 By Special to People’s World

She reported on the Lawrence textile strike, the steel strike of 1919, the textile workers strike of 1934, and coal strikes in Harlan County, Kentucky. After reporting on the Loray Mill strike in Gastonia, N....

Behind the headlines: Walmart and workplace safety

September 17, 2013 By Kelly Sinclair

Walmart and companies like it have few responsibilities to their employees to balance management's right to hire and fire at will, and what legal responsibilities they do bear have been eroded over the past decades.

Philadelphia firefighters win contract after 4 years

September 12, 2013 By John Vago

Local 22, was awarded new contracts by arbitration three times. All three times Mayor Nutter challenged it in court. A successful mass petition drive this year to curb the mayor's power forced Nutter to back down.

Today in labor history: 1919 Boston police strike

September 9, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Nothing fueled the anti-union Red Scare propagandists more than the Boston police strike of 1919.

OUR Walmart shows strength in nation’s heartland

September 9, 2013 By Tim Steinhelfer

Growth of OUR Walmart in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan has been greater than all other states combined.