Today in 1980 The J.P. Stevens textile company is forced to sign its first union contract after a 17-year struggle in North Carolina and other southern states.
• 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
• Help 800,000 workers 
