Labor Day. Time again for politicians and union adherents to praise organized labor. Time again for others to pontificate about the supposed…
Winning the eight-hour workday took years of hard struggle, beginning in the mid-1800s
Cesar Chavez Day should remind us of the continuing need to take forceful legal steps and other action in behalf of farm workers
“The coalition that can have the greatest impact in the struggle for human dignity here in America is that of the blacks and forces of labor, because their fortunes are so closely intertwined”
It’s the 75th anniversary of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”
Anyone hoping to understand the long, fierce struggle to win a decent life for the highly exploited men and women who harvest our fruits and vegetables should not miss the recently released film, “Cesar Chavez”
The 145 million who have managed to get jobs are having an even tougher time getting a raise
It's time for Congress to help the many jobless Americans an estimated 450,000 in the next three months alone who are about…
Labor Day. Time again for politicians and union adherents to praise organized labor. Time again for others to pontificate about the supposed…
Think back to Aug. 28, 1963. More than a quarter-million labor and civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. march…
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