Today in 1955 Teamsters official William Grami is kidnapped, bound and beaten near Sebastopol, Calif. He was leading a drive to organize apple plant workers in the area.
• 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
