Labor

Today in labor history: 2005 New York transit workers strike

December 20, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On December 20, 2005, thousands of workers began what was to be a three-day strike of the New York City transit system over retirement, pension and wage issues.

Time to repeal Taft-Hartley

December 19, 2012 By David Cavendish

It is one of those ironies of history that on December 10, 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Today in Labor History: Greyhound strike ends

December 19, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1983, a 47-day strike against Greyhound by its workers, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, ended.

Today in labor history: Farm workers on trial

December 18, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1830, the trial of nearly 350 agricultural workers began in England.

Today in labor history: FDR lifts internment of Japanese Americans

December 17, 2012 By Special to People’s World

President Roosevelt lifted the "military-necessary exclusion" of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, marking the beginning of the end of a shameful chapter of U.S. history.