Today in 1921 Owners of the West Virginia mines bombard strikers from aircraft by throwing home-made devices filled with nails and shards of metal. Fortunately, they either missed their targets or did not explode.
• 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
