Today in 2003 An estimated 3,300 sanitation workers working for private haulers in Chicago win a nine-day strike featuring a 28-percent wage increase over five years.
~ Labor Tribune
• Michigan repeals its RTW-for-less law • Why workers are fighting to organize by industry • Doctor unions are good for your health • Child labor is not a relic of the past • Labor developments in the Rust Belt • NLRB nixes key parts of Trump-era union election rule • Roll over, Jimmy Hoffa: Lindsay Dougherty is the next Teamster icon • Senators propose tax reforms to level playing field between workers, employers • Veterans in Labor: How unions benefit from ex-soldiers in their ranks
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Oct. 6 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Oct. 20 @10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!