Today in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt establishes a fact-finding commission that suspends a nine-months-long strike by Western Pennsylvania coal miners fighting for better pay, shorter workdays and union recognition. The strikers ended up winning more pay for fewer hours, but failed to get union recognition. It was the first time that the federal government had intervened as a neutral arbitrator in a Labor dispute.
~ 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 - Nov. 3 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Nov. 17@10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!
