Today in 1860 Feminist and Labor activist Charlotte Perkins Gilman born in Hartford, Conn. Her landmark study, “Women and Economics,” was radical: it called for the financial independence of women and urged a network of child care centers.
• Where did the labor vote go? • The road ahead for captive audience meetings • It might not matter if the NLRA is unconstitutional • Report: Organized labor in trouble after Trump win • Musk and Bezos declare the NLRB unconstitutional • Pro-union Congresswoman picked for Secretary of Labor • Boeing begins drastic cuts, issues layoffs notices to 400+ workers • SF worker: ‘Amazon’s union-busting crusade doesn’t scare us’ • Michigan nurses win the largest union election in recent memory • House moves to get retired civil servants their full Social Security benefits • US East Coast, Gulf Coast port union & employers still at odds over automation
