Today in 1921 Police and local forces allied with coal operators raided the town of Sharples, West Virginia, marking a key escalating skirmish just before the Battle of Blair Mountain—the largest armed labor uprising in U.S. history.
• That time we did real life Norma Rae • Judge swats aside newspaper’s challenge to NLRB • Hertz Teamsters ratify Western Regional Contract • What if NYT’s tech staff strikes on election night? • USPS reaches tentative contract with postal workers • US labor market plodding along, but jobs becoming more scarce • Vote to continue strike exposes Boeing workers’ anger over lost pensions
