Today in 1981 Major League Baseball strike begins, forces cancellation of 713 games. Most observers blamed team owners for the strike: they were trying to recover from a court decision favoring the players on free agency.
• 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
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.