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.
• Why are drug prices so high? • Virginia labor targets ‘right to work’ • The robots are coming for our jobs • Hoffa on the legacy of the “Battle in Seattle” • Labor board orders new Teamsters election at XPO • Frank Ordonez: A tribute to slain UPS driver in Florida • How supporters of the Green New Deal are showing up for workers • The strike in Virginia will determine the future of the area’s public transit • Senate bill could require employers to give staff 2-month notice before shutdown