Today in 1910 Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door through which the women could flee was locked.
• BLS: Union numbers up, union density down • The right to strike is in danger at the Supreme Court • Inflation eroding real wage gains of many US workers • Rail workers continue fight for sick leave, safe staffing • Fur flies as Teamsters begin hashing out UPS negotiating strategy • The South has a new union - and workers have Black women to thank • Apple becomes first big tech firm to negotiate with union • Labor, rights groups praise Biden policy boosting migrant worker protections • Teamsters poised to strike Aramark Uniform Services in five states • OSHA cites Amazon for exposing warehouse workers to safety hazards
