Today in 2006 A U.S. immigration sweep of six Swift meat plants results in arrests of nearly 1,300 undocumented workers.
• Right-to-work reforms possible for Virginia • Union: ‘There was never a pilot shortage’ • The labor movement needs a freedom agenda • In MO, First Student drivers & monitors vote Teamsters • Labor isn’t a special interest. It promotes the common good • Starbucks workers’ union takes month-long strike to more cities • Worker leader, released from ICE custody: ‘There is a war against us’ • Hollywood labor comes out swinging against Warner Bros.-Netflix deal • SCOTUS refuses to hear labor’s case challenging attempt to kill NLRB • TSA plans to bust labor union despite court order blocking it
