Today in 1912 The Little Falls Textile Strike in Little Falls, New York was sparked by pay cuts following a New York state law that reduced weekly work hours from 60 to 54 for women and children. The strike united female immigrant workers to address unsafe working conditions and low wages and was settled on January 3, 1913.
• 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 –
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