On January 1, 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect. NAFTA intended to bring down trade barriers between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. After a long fight against NAFTA's passage by labor, environmental groups, Mexican farmers, and many other constituencies, the...
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On December 30, 1905, former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg walked home after a snowstorm in Caldwell, Idaho. When he arrived he pulled open his outside gate, triggering a bomb that.
On this date in 1869, the Knights of Labor were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The organization grew slowly, but by the late 1870s, the Knights had become the nation's largest.
Who says bipartisanship is dead? Senators from both sides of the aisle can still come together to make the lives of children more dangerous. Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) are leading the charge to reject proposed Department of Labor regulations that would...
A lot of good labor stories today: 1. Michael Powell has a pretty pointed article for the Times, making fun of wealthy outrage at the idea that New York could.
If you ever wanted to see how companies work to defeat union votes, check out this Virgin Atlantic unionbusting site. It's pretty gross. They vote tomorrow so the site will.
Fantastic Vanessa Veselka piece about her attempt to organize an Amazon warehouse. Inspired by the WTO protests in Seattle, Veselka took it in her hands to get a job in an Amazon warehouse, contact labor, and start organizing. It didn't necessarily go very far, but...
Union-hating companies and the unionbusters they hire to consult with them are aghast at the new NLRB rules allowing for quick union elections, which undermine corporate ability to spent a.
Today, the Occupy movement chose to shut down ports in Oakland, Portland, and Longview. But did they do it with the consent of workers? Mike Elk and Andrew Leonard are.
I'm fascinated enough by David Stern blocking a trade to engage in some rare NBA-related blogging. A few points: I don't really know enough to make this judgment, so correct me if I'm wrong, but is it even obvious that the Lakers won this trade? ...
Steven Greenhouse has a thought-provoking piece in the Times detailing how and why Boeing came to a labor agreement with its workers and wondering whether this is not the beginning.
On this day in 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged into the AFL-CIO. During the 1930s, dissatisfaction over the AFL's conservatism and its.