Labor
Today in labor history: First commercial computer installed in U.S.
June 14, 2013UNIVAC I, was installed at the U.S. Census Bureau (which paid for much of the development) on June 14, 1951. UNIVAC is an acronym for UNIVersal Automatic Computer.
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Union movement reawakens in rural Oregon
June 14, 2013The union movement is being reawakened in rural Oregon.
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House GOP unveils two more anti-NLRB, anti-union bills
June 14, 2013The radical right GOP majority on the House Education and the Workforce Committee continued its anti-worker crusade.
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Teamsters voting on UPS pacts
June 14, 2013Teamsters are voting on new contracts with UPS. They cover 250,000 workers, making them the largest private-sector bargaining agreements in the U.S.
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Patriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
June 13, 2013TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June...
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