One often-overlooked aspect of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and career was his strong support of labor unions, calling them America’s first anti-poverty program.
Jeremy Brecher's history and analysis of the huge strike across the steel industry in 1919, which was defeated by a combination of massive repression and undermining by the unions.
Seifsa and Numsa agreed to implement an above-inflation wage hike of 6 percent, with the union saying it hoped the deal will be extended to those employed by small-scale employers.
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