Today in 1930 A 17-year-old Jimmy Hoffa leads his co-workers at a Kroger warehouse in Clinton, Ind., in a successful job action: by refusing to unload a shipment of perishable strawberries, they forced the company to give in to their demands.
• In Hollywood and America, the strike is back • U.S. workers are in a militant mood • Nurses and other health care workers are in revolt • Is a new labor movement brewing? • Once hailed as heroes, health care workers face rash of violence • Mail delays, price hikes are coming at USPS. Here’s why. • 784 misclassified XPO drivers achieve nearly $30M in settlements • Hoffa: End misclassification of port drivers to fix supply chain issues • How the pandemic lockdown & retail walkouts mobilized IATSE members • SS benefits to rise 5.9% in 2022 - highest bump in 40 years • The do’s and don’ts of supporting a strike
