Today in 1930 A 17-year-old Jimmy Hoffa leads his co-workers at a Kroger warehouse in Clinton, Ind., in a successful job action: by refusing to unload a shipment of perishable strawberries, they forced the company to give in to their demands.
• Social Security Fairness Act signed into law • AHow Trump could disable the NLRB • Striking down the Nippon Steel deal • Ski patrollers claim victory, end strike • SEIU rejoins AFL-CIO after splitting off 20 years ago • Teamsters: Costco walks away from bargaining table • The fight over robots threatening American jobs • 4 ways to strengthen US industries with unions in 2025 • IAM members at IKEA Perryville vote to continue strike • Union election scheduled for 4,000 Amazon workers at NC warehouse • Health Care is UPS’ $20 billion lifeline to offset shipping slowdown
