Today in 1937 Four hundred Black women working as tobacco stemmers walk off the job in a spontaneous revolt against poor working conditions and a $3 weekly wage at the Vaughan Co. in Richmond, Va.
• Help 800,000 workers join a union • Autoworkers are striking for us all • The Great Sit-Down: Yesterday’s witness in America • GM strike becomes 2020 campaign issue • DC mayor to march with janitors to protest wages • Hoffa: Workers deserve protection from anti-union employers • Teamsters support French unions taking action against XPO • Free labor from college athletes may soon come to an end • Here are some of the Md. laws in effect this week