Today in 1981 The National Writers Union is founded, representing freelance and contract writers and others in the trade. In 1992 it was to merge into and become a local of the United Auto Workers.
• 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 –
