Today in 1986 Ed Meese, attorney general in the Ronald Reagan administration, urges employers to begin spying on workers "in locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns" to try to catch them using drugs.
• ‘No justice, no Jeeps’ • UAW strikes built the American middle class • What’s the state of the Hollywood strikes? • Starbucks organizers want long-term boycott • Autoworkers are fighting for the future of the industry • Teamsters Safety & Health: Disaster response resources • NLRB broadens scope of what constitutes ‘protected activity' • Google refuses to bargain with workers, prompting YouTube music strike • Non-striking autoworkers supporting effort by refusing voluntary overtime • American, United, and Southwest Airlines workers closer to strike • Why the Big 3 can afford everything autoworkers demand – and more • People see that unions can help them’: Labor leaders stand with striking UAW workers • The 4-day workweek is among the UAW’s strike demands: Why some say it’s a good idea. • Teamsters Caravan