civil rights
Cuban Five’s Rene Gonzalez freed, push continues
May 13, 2013Rene Gonzalez, one of the "Cuban Five" who have been imprisoned in the United States since 1998, is now free and back in Cuba.
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Today in labor history: The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founded
May 8, 2013Representing the Pullman Porters, the Brotherhood was the first African-American labor union to sign a collective bargaining agreement with a major U.S. corporation.
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Today in labor history: 400 Black women strike over wages, conditions
May 6, 2013Writing in The Crisis, W.E.B. Du Bois described the upsurge among Black women and men tobacco workers as part of the great industrial union organizing drives.
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In shadow of Disney World, May Day rally demands immigrant rights
May 3, 2013In the home of Disney World, hundreds of immigrants rally on May Day to demand the "right to work, right to live and right to stay together."
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Labor’s stance on immigrant workers has changed, says Trumka
April 26, 2013"When people use the word "immigrant" as an insult or as a way to degrade people - I take it personally."
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