Looking Back: Black Workers Organize ‘Revolutionary Union Movement’

This month in Labor History, we look back at the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement of 1968 -  when over 4,000 Black workers who were fed up with racist policies organized a two-day strike at Chrysler’s Hamtracmck plant to demand improvements for...

Our Labor History: National Strike Against GE and New York Transit Strike

This month in Labor History, we look back at two major strikes that shifted their industries: the General Electric and Westinghouse nationwide strike of over 800,000 auto and steelworkers, and the New York City Transit Strike which shut down the...

Looking Back: This Time in Our Labor History - Malbone Street Subway Wreck and The New Orleans General Strike

Malbone Street subway wreck shows importance of skilled, union labor. New Orelans General Strike shows the power of cross-racial, cross-trade solidarity.

Our Labor History: Cesar Chavez Leads "1,000 Mile March" for Farm-Worker Rights in California

This month in Labor History, we look back at the “1,000 mile march” lead by Cesar Chavez for farm-workers rights in California.

A Notorious Part of History: May 1933: The Dissolution of Labor Unions in Nazi/Fascist Germany

This month in Labor History, we look back at the dissolution of labor unions in Nazi/Fascist Germany in May of 1933. As authoritarianism takes a dangerous hold in the United States, this is a lesson from Nazi Germany that should be a wakeup call for...

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