Today in 1919 In defiance of the Police Commissioner’s issuance of an order barring officers from being in a union, 800 Boston police officers meet to install the officers of their newly-formed local. After the Commissioner began firing union leaders, police officers voted 1,134 to 2 to strike and on September 9, most of the Boston police department walked off the job.
• Michigan repeals its RTW-for-less law • Why workers are fighting to organize by industry • Doctor unions are good for your health • Child labor is not a relic of the past • Labor developments in the Rust Belt • NLRB nixes key parts of Trump-era union election rule • Roll over, Jimmy Hoffa: Lindsay Dougherty is the next Teamster icon • Senators propose tax reforms to level playing field between workers, employers • Veterans in Labor: How unions benefit from ex-soldiers in their ranks
