Today in 1969 African-American hospital workers won a 113-day union recognition strike in Charleston, South Carolina.
• US Foods drivers in Delaware vote to join Local 355 • Alabama’s coal miners are striking for their lives • We need labor lawyers on the bench • What the rich don’t want to admit about the poor • Why oil worker unions back clean energy • The Amazon that customers don’t see • 5 big upcoming Supreme Court decisions • It used to be that labor strikes were big national news • Unions take PROAct campaign to Amazon, Sen. Mark Warner • Amazon, sued repeatedly for lost wages, avoids paying workers for long waits and walks • The roots of today’s white-collar union wave are deeper than you think • Where to celebrate Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Maryland
General Membership Meetings are suspended for the summer months of June, July and August, per the unanimous vote of members at the May 18, 2025 meeting. Dates for September meetings will be posted in August.