Labor Movements & Unions

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (229+ words) Interview with Brian Becker The mass prisoners movement of that era, especially in 1970 and 1971, was really an extension of the rising tide of the Black Liberation Movement in the larger society. You had the Black Panther Party, the Student Nonviolent…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (375+ words) Today is Saturday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2026. There are 110 days left in the year. On Sept. 12,1977, South African Black student leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry. In 1857, the S.S. Central America (also…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (128+ words) Our guest is Dr. Gerald Horne, who discusses his newly republished International Publishers book, “Black and Red: Du Bois and the Afro-American response to the Cold War, 1944-63, the 40th anniversary edition." “In Black & Red, Gerald Horne shows that Du Bois’ later…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1050+ words) As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its citizens commemorate a democracy more diverse, free and inclusive than it’s ever been. The path to this milestone was imperfect and paved in blood and suffering. Still, few of the revelers will likely pay…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (698+ words) For the first time in 35 years, crowds at the Defeat of Jesse James Days reenactments will hear what it sounded like inside the First National Bank when the James-Younger Gang attempted their robbery. Tim Freeland, the announcer of the reenactments…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (256+ words) Renowned playwright Ed Waugh is set to hold a talk about the 1926 General Strike at Newcastle City Library this week. From South Shields, Ed’s talk, named ‘Tyneside and The General Strike’, will cover the effects the strike had on Tyneside…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (634+ words) On October 2, 1861 readers of The New York Herald learned about two enslaved men, who had escaped to Union lines in Virginia: The second enslaved individual to cross into Union lines served as the body servant of a surgeon in a…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (660+ words) The name may not ring a bell. But Murray, along with countless other rubber factory workers, helped shape labor relations and working conditions not only in Akron but all across the country for decades to come. As America celebrates its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1560+ words) Home Haverhill News Article Charmian Thompson, of Haverhill Local History Museum, looks at strikes and unrest in the town. The deeper one delves into local history, the more unavoidable the conclusion becomes: it has all happened before. Not only has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1205+ words) ON the first Sunday in September trade unionists remember the Burston School Strike. It was the longest strike in history and lasted 25 years from 1914 to 1939! On April 1st 1914 teachers Tom and Annie Higdon were dismissed from their posts in the rural…...