Today in 1969 African-American hospital workers won a 113-day union recognition strike in Charleston, South Carolina.
• Teamsters use new GOTV methods • Covid-19 news updates for July 30 • Economy shrinks by 33 percent, 2M more jobless • Why the working-class votes against its own interests • Meatpackers sue OSHA for virus safety enforcement • Covid-19 among meatpacking workers: An American tragedy • Employers require liability waivers as conflict mounts over workplace safety • How Labor Sec'y Scalia played chicken with meatpacking workers’ lives • Unions urge congressional action on Philippines Human Rights Act • If ‘cancel culture’ is about getting fired, let’s cancel at-will employment
General Membership Meetings are suspended for the summer months of June, July and August, per the unanimous vote of members at the May 18, 2025 meeting. Dates for September meetings will be posted in August.