Labor – Page 904 – People's World

Today in labor history: FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday

November 26, 2013 By Special to People’s World

President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26 as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution.

Unions organizing aid for Philippines, Midwest disasters

November 25, 2013 By PAI

The typhoon destroyed several hospitals, along with homes, schools, power lines, bridges and virtually everything else.

Ohio voters make progressive shift

November 25, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio, by huge margin, turned down a tea party initiative that would've wiped out public worker's pensions in that city.

Today in labor history: First-ever U.S. teacher walkout

November 25, 2013 By Blake Skylar

The "strike for better schools" was intended to reform the way the schools were administered and operated, and also how workers there were treated.

Texas strikers picket Walmart in Black Friday warm-up

November 25, 2013 By Douglas Matus

Activists and Walmart employees joined together to stage a protest at the Walmart Supercenter in Lancaster, a suburb of Dallas, Nov. 20.