Today in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965 into law, officially creating Medicare and Medicaid, a massive victory for worker and retiree health security.
• Frito-Lay workers celebrate successful strike • Teamsters establish a beachhead at XPO • Corporations aren’t going to save America • Teamsters support Fair and Open Skies Act • A devastating plant shutdown looms in West Virginia • ‘We all quit’: How workers are taking back their power • Administration moves to tilt pay and power toward workers • How unions and their allies are trying to hold Amazon accountable • Covid variant adds to worker anxieties. • Turn off, turn on: A simple step to thwart phone hackers
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.
