Today in 1944 Two ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, Calif., killing 322, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. The resulting refusal of 258 African-Americans to return to the dangerous work underpinned the trial and conviction of 50 of the men in what is called the Port Chicago Mutiny.
• Order free at-home Covid-19 tests here • Republic Services Teamsters approve TA, end strike • Union battle vs. corporate power isn’t a fair fight • America’s new class war: Organized Labor is back • CEMEX drivers protest lack of respect for organizing rights • Thieves are looting freight trains filled with UPS, FedEx, Amazon pkgs • Workers got fed up. Bosses got scared. This is how the Big Quit happened. • TA reached, workers end 10-day strike against grocery chain • Maryland tax deadline extended to July 15
