Today in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt established a fact-finding commission to suspend a nine-month-long strike by Western Pennsylvania coal miners fighting for higher pay, shorter workdays, and union recognition. While the miners won better pay and reduced hours, they did not secure official union recognition; it marked the first time the federal government intervened as a neutral arbitrator in a labor dispute.
• A not-so-wonderful labor dispute • VT expert on construction workers’ mental health • Teamsters Wegmans ratify 7-yr.CBA covering 900 workers • Federal Reserve chair: America’s labor market is back in balance • Jane F. McAlevey, who empowered workers across the globe, dies at 59 • The Teamsters president is courting Trump - despite his anti-labor record • A disaster waiting to happen: Hazmat trucks illegally using Baltimore tunnels • The mouse gloves are off: Disney workers to vote on strike amid contact talks • Microsoft to pay $14M amid allegations of retaliation, discrimination against workers
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