Today in 2008 The U.S. Department of Labor reports employers slashed 533,000 jobs the month before — the most in 34 years — as the Great Recession surged.
• Democracy is in the streets • Teamsters to VA governor: Hands off history • Michigan opens door to restoring union power • Podcast: Labor History can help us learn to fight like hell • Amazon faces NLRB charges of illegal union busting • Teamster efforts protect jobs, passenger safety in Kentucky • VA claims progress in union talks. The union begs to differ. • Starbucks has seriously crossed the line with its union-busting • Bone tired. Underpaid. Performing surgery. What could go wrong? • Hollywood braces for strike as writers demand more from streamers
