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Chris Garlock, a Washington, D.C. based labor history aficionado and activist, discusses Labor Day’s founding and the historical lessons that are motivating a new generation of union activists.
Read moreUnion members at IAM District 4 recently participated in a charity golf tournament in Maine that benefited Guide Dogs of America and Tender Loving Canines.
Read moreMore than 4,300 IAM Local S6 members at Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, voted 87 percent to ratify a three-year collective bargaining agreement at the Maine shipbuilding company. IAM Local S6 members, who build destroyers for the U.S. Navy, returned to work beginning with third shift on Sunday, Aug. 23.
Read moreWhen the Machinists Union was founded in 1888 and for years after, there were no women in that Atlanta railroad pit, brainstorming about how to get better wages and working conditions. but that doesn’t mean they didn’t want those things.
Read moreAugust 13 marks the date that Black women have to work into 2020 to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned in 2019. The day helps to raise awareness about the wage gap for Black women and its impact on them and their families.
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