Labor
Today in Labor History: Tenant farmers sit down in highway
January 9, 2013On this day in 1939, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union led 1,700 farm families in the Missouri Highway Sit-down.
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Michigan mayor spearheads push vs. “right to work”
January 9, 2013Michigan's new Right to Work law has angered many in Michigan, including Warren Mayor Jim Fouts.
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Why picket lines matter
January 8, 2013I spent so much time on picket lines as a kid that when I thought my dad's rules were too strict, I would run to build a sign on a stick and try to talk the...
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Today in labor history: New Orleans slave uprising
January 8, 2013The revolt consisted of somewhere between 300-500 people.
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Today in labor history: Labor radical Tom Mooney freed
January 7, 2013Radical labor activist Tom Mooney, accused of a murder by bombing in San Francisco, was pardoned and freed after 22 years in San Quentin.
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