Baltimore police prepare to drive back people protest their murder of Freddie Gray, April 28, 2015
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On September 13, 1932, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers led a successful strike of garment workers in Baltimore. This strike was a sign of the growing organizing of the 1930s that.
Great piece on workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art organizing. The museum is getting all kinds of good press because they have a exhibit based on the art of their own security guards. So that makes museum administration look all pro-worker. But of course...
Our Silicon Valley techbros continue to pay so many dividends, if you are a shareholder at least. Otherwise, they see you as a mark for DISRUPTION!!! I was not aware.
On October 1, 1833, Baltimore seamstresses went on strike. While not a epoch-changing event in American labor history, it is a good moment to get into the everyday drudgery and.
When I hear the mayor of Baltimore coming out against a $15 minimum wage, I hear "please primary me because I listen more to greedy employers than the city's working classes. We know from experience after experience that there is little to no evidence that...
Flint is not the only American city where governmental failures and mendacity have exposed people to lead. Baltimore has certified houses as lead-free that are not in fact so. When.
Dave Zirin has an excellent essay about reconsidering The Wire in the wake of the police murdering Freddie Gray. And he's right--one thing missing from the show is how the.