Today in 1941 After a four-week boycott led by Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., bus companies in New York City agree to hire 200 Black drivers and mechanics. ~ Labor Tribune
• Minimum wage gains shows power of workers • Last year’s longest strike just ended in victory • The women leading today’s historic labor movement • Democratic National Committee staff unionizes • NLRB recovers 6,000 jobs for illegally fired workers • Nurses union to feds: put people before profits in COVID fight • Teamsters rail union division joins largest U.S. transportation coalition • Dollar General illegally silences staff online, Teamsters say • The ‘Great Resignation’ can lead to great empowerment for all workers • The New York Times accused of interfering with union activism • Widespread discontent drove Labor’s advancement in the private sector in 2021
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!
