Today in 1969 African-American hospital workers won a 113-day union recognition strike in Charleston, South Carolina.
• Minimum wage gains shows power of workers • Last year’s longest strike just ended in victory • The women leading today’s historic labor movement • Democratic National Committee staff unionizes • NLRB recovers 6,000 jobs for illegally fired workers • Nurses union to feds: put people before profits in COVID fight • Teamsters rail union division joins largest U.S. transportation coalition • Dollar General illegally silences staff online, Teamsters say • The ‘Great Resignation’ can lead to great empowerment for all workers • The New York Times accused of interfering with union activism • Widespread discontent drove Labor’s advancement in the private sector in 2021
General Membership Meetings are suspended for the summer months of June, July and August, per the unanimous vote of members at the May 18, 2025 meeting. Dates for September meetings will be posted in August.
