Today in 1919 Seattle General Strike begins. The city was run by a General Strike Committee for six days as tens of thousands of union members stopped work in support of 32,000 striking longshoremen.
• Teamsters celebrate Women’s History Month • Small businesses benefit when wages rise • Essential work and the struggle for $15 • Costco raising its minimum wage to $16 per hour • Biden is saying things Amazon doesn’t want to hear • Lawmakers look to fast track PRO Act through House • Teamsters see pro-labor proposal leveling playing field at XPO • Great day for Montana workers: So-called “right-to-work” bill dies • Teamster women: Topic-specific webinars available here
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