Today in 1948 “White Shirt Day” at UAW-represented GM plants. Union members are encouraged to wear white shirts, marking the anniversary of the 1936-1937 Flint sit-down strike that gave the union bargaining rights at the automaker.
• Robert Reich: Why the PRO Act is critical • New Hampshire House votes against “right to work” • A simple solution to the labor shortage: Raise wages • Workers are gaining leverage over employers right before our eyes • Lewis Hine, photographer of the American working class • Corporations are co-opting mindfulness to avoid meeting workers’ needs • Amazon fired him. Now he’s trying to organize 5,000 workers in NY • Increase in wages to $15 an hour brings flood of workers to US businesses
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