Today in 1946 A contract between the United Mine Workers and the U.S. government establishes one of the nation’s first union medical and pension plans, the multi-employer UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund.
• The ‘trashman’ who became an influencer • Unions get a little love • Crown of the contenders • The struggle to organize warehouse workers • Why Big Tech shouldn’t be scared of unions • The movement to end at-will employment just got serious • Union calls foul play as Amazon unionization vote fails • Teamsters Local 117 partners to vaccinate 500 working families • Newslight submits offer to buy Baltimore Sun parent company • The most obvious and brilliant idea to revive organized labor, fast • Minimum wage would be $44 if it grew as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.