Today in 1935 President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, providing, for the first time ever, guaranteed income for retirees and creating a system of unemployment benefits.
• A new era of inequality • ‘We deserve more’ • Labor unrest grows at Apple retail stores • Amazon Labor Union loses union hall • Apple’s unionized Md. store to vote on possible strike • Labor-backed FAA bill is victory for workers in aviation industry • Union advocate ‘salts’ quietly take jobs inside NC Amazon warehouse • When employers violate the NLRA, the harm is always irreparable • Letter carriers’ union ’Stamp Out Hunger Drive’ is Saturday, May 11 • May 14: Maryland’s 2024 primary • America’s booming economy pushes back Medicare, Social Security ‘go-broke dates’
