Today in 1865 On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger, who fought for the Union, informed slaves in Galveston, Texas, that they had been freed. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, a bill making June 19 a federal holiday.
• Teamsters restructure Freight Division • Target workers are joining the union wave • What’s your rate of inflation? • Emboldened labor movement seeks to expand on successes • The new labor movement is young, worker-led, and winning • Letter carriers union conducts annual food drive, Stamp Out Hunger May 14 • UPS surpasses Fedex for top spot of world’s largest transportation companies • Labor board says Starbucks unlawfully fired 7 for union efforts. • Inflation explained: The real reason prices are going up –
