Today in 1929 “Black Tuesday” — Wall Street crashes, throwing the world’s economy into a years-long crisis including an unemployment rate in the U.S. that by 1933 hit nearly 25 percent.
• Congress must fund the NLRB • What would it take for all rail workers to win? • Teamsters at UC ratify strongest-ever contract • The freight rail labor dispute was never about sick days • Watch: The new Teamsters - bigger, faster, stronger (listen here) • Costco ‘has taken a high road’ when it comes to unionization • Study: Prevalence of workplace violence, harassment across the globe • Wage theft spotlighted on late night…
