15 Years Ago Today: Georgia Prisoners Strike Against Legal Slavery
15 years ago today, on December 9, 2010, prisoners in Georgia began a prison work strike that lasted at least six days. Although it’s not known exactly how many prisoners took part, there were at least hundreds of strikers spread over at least seven prisons throughout the state. In these prisons, prisoner-workers refused to do […]
Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join UAW – Big Challenges Ahead!
About 150,000 U.S. workers in the multinational auto industry don’t have a union. That’s about equal to the number of autoworkers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), although the number of non-union autoworkers is higher if those working at parts plants are included. Most of the non-union plants owned by overseas-based companies like Volkswagen […]