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.”
• Perspective: Holding workers in contempt • What working people are doing this week • Baltimore turns 295 this year • Union workers protest in downtown Baltimore • Video game actors are on strike. Here’s why... • TFI to put LTL, truckload units on diets as Q2 profit falls • Hollywood Teamsters relieved contentious talks are over • Reform caucus wins Amazon Labor Union officer elections • Mass layoffs follow $10 billion in profits at Deere for 2023 • Teamsters authorize strike at Costco ahead of national contract talks • Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing • Towson construction company owner faces arrest amid labor dispute • Power, politics and the day workers commanded the city’s streets
