Today in 1875 Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers’ Int’l Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City.
• Minimum wage gains shows power of workers • Last year’s longest strike just ended in victory • The women leading today’s historic labor movement • Democratic National Committee staff unionizes • NLRB recovers 6,000 jobs for illegally fired workers • Nurses union to feds: put people before profits in COVID fight • Teamsters rail union division joins largest U.S. transportation coalition • Dollar General illegally silences staff online, Teamsters say • The ‘Great Resignation’ can lead to great empowerment for all workers • The New York Times accused of interfering with union activism • Widespread discontent drove Labor’s advancement in the private sector in 2021
