Today in 1919 Amid a widespread strike for union recognition by 395,000 steelworkers, approximately 250 alleged “anarchists,” “communists” and “Labor agitators” were deported to Russia, marking the beginning of the so-called “Red Scare.”
• US Labor is having a movement moment • Teamsters, CSU locked in negotiations amid impasse • 5 UPS workers share the toughest part of their jobs • Workers at Rivers Casino in Virginia join Teamsters • Amazon Teamsters strike expands to Chicago warehouse • Detroit Casino Council reaches TA with Detroit casinos • Teamsters form coalition to unionize Delta Air Lines workers • Amazon workers rally, practice picket on Cyber Monday • UAW launches ‘largest union organizing drive in US history’ • Unsafe conditions: Amazon fined only $7K over Indiana worker’s death • ‘We can’t trust them’: Workers decry alleged union busting at Amazon air hub • Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions • Biden sends 813,000 student loan borrowers emails forgiving their debt
