Labor
Today in labor history: Seattle Potlatch Riots
July 17, 2013Much of the coverage in the local newspapers blamed the IWW for the attack and accused it for being a destabilizing force in the city.
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Living New Deal illuminates labor, art history on San Francisco’s waterfront
July 17, 2013Living New Deal will catalogue and preserve New Deal projects in the U.S.
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McDonald’s to workers: Get a second job and go without heat
July 17, 2013McDonald's aims to "help" its workers who make, on average, $8.25 per hour - not by raising their salaries, but by telling them how to budget their income.
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Today in labor history: 1934 San Francisco longshoremen strike
July 16, 2013The International Longshoremen's Association led the battle for better pay and better hours.
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Canada’s conservative government presses anti-union bill
July 15, 2013The right-wing Conservative government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has launched yet another assault on working people in Canada.
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