Doubtful that President Trump has their best interests in mind, top union officials are redoubling efforts to push the Democratic Party to appeal more to their rank and file. By Kellen Browning Long ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Multiple labor unions and supporters gathered in Fawick Park on Monday to highlight the power of the working class and criticize the administration’s rollback of union ...
Labor unions traditionally aligned with the Democratic Party in recent decades, but leading conservatives are now arguing on behalf of organized labor, though not necessarily for traditional labor ...
Mr. Loomis is a historian of labor who writes extensively about unions, politics and workers. This is a most unfortunate Labor Day for labor. The labor movement has taken it on the chin repeatedly in ...
The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, by the Central Labor Union. They celebrated again a year later, but this was long before it became a national holiday.
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Even in the mid-20th century, leaders understood that organized labor was not only a bargaining tool but a pillar of economic credibility. Addressing the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ...
The University of Minnesota’s Teamsters Local 320, a worker’s union chapter based in Minneapolis, announced Thursday morning that the union has filed an intent to strike with the University as labor ...
This story was updated Sept. 2 with new information. If 10-year-old Christian Savitskie breaks a leg, his dad could lose his job. That is, if Eric Savitskie didn’t have benefits — such as time off to ...
Mark Spadafore is president of the Greater Syracuse Labor Council, AFL-CIO. This Labor Day, as we gather to celebrate the working people who form the infrastructure of our communities, I can’t help ...
Nashville ranks as one of the lowest metro areas in the U.S. for labor union membership rates, according to a new study. Other southern cities also ranked low on the list. Cities in the Northeast and ...