Today in 1969 African-American hospital workers won a 113-day union recognition strike in Charleston, South Carolina.
• Amazon Teamsters extend strike to LA County • How long will it take to replace the Key Bridge? • The case for a 32-hour workweek with no loss in pay • UPS to close 200 sort centers in modernization push • Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Amazon drivers • Ron Carey’s lessons in labor movement reform • The American retirement crisis: Problems in the system • VW workers to vote on union representation next month • Labor Dept. fines Tennessee company for employing children • Mercedes-Benz workers accuse company of union-busting • Baltimore port closure puts truck drivers who haul autos in a bind • Workers need protection from ‘spying bosses,’ lawmakers say
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.