Today in 1886 Newly unionized brewery workers in San Francisco secured a historic victory, winning a 10-hour day, a six-day week, freedom to live outside the brewery, and famously, the right to free beer.
• 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.
