On this day in Labor History the year was 1821. That was the birthday of the first woman to earn her medical degree in the United States. Her name was Elizabeth Blackwell.

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LL COOL J said that he is not going to perform at Wawa Welcome America on July 4th in light of the AFSCME District Council 33 strike in Philadelphia.

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OAPSE members in Akron, Ohio, handed out free meals to school kids this week.

Stewards are often thought of merely as enforcers of a union contract on behalf of the unit. But as unit members themselves, stewards are in a real position to organize their co-workers—not just play a form of de facto legal defense in individual grievance cases. Joining this week's pod is Labor Notes organizer Joe DeManuelle-Hall, who leads Labor Notes stewards’ workshops on how to think like an organizer, and how to get the information you want from the boss.

The home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official Texas city with a galactic name: Starbase.

On this day in Labor History the year was 1886. A little after three o’clock on that Monday, in Chicago, radical labor activist and newspaper man August Spies climbed onto a box car to give a speech about the fight for the eight hour day.

Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.

Illinois leaders are marking the anniversary of Medicaid by recognizing its importance to millions in the state and highlighting why they see cuts to the program as dangerous.

For the last 18 months, a small but mighty group of unionized animation artists, writers, editors and production workers represented by The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 and The Editors Guild, IATS...

AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFSCME, AFT, IAM, SEIU, and UFCW Are Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit to Restore the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service