Today in 2002 A massive labor dispute led management to lock out 10,500 dockworkers across 29 West Coast ports. The shutdown lasted 10 days until federal intervention occurred under the Taft-Hartley Act.
• A not-so-wonderful labor dispute • VT expert on construction workers’ mental health • Teamsters Wegmans ratify 7-yr.CBA covering 900 workers • Federal Reserve chair: America’s labor market is back in balance • Jane F. McAlevey, who empowered workers across the globe, dies at 59 • The Teamsters president is courting Trump - despite his anti-labor record • A disaster waiting to happen: Hazmat trucks illegally using Baltimore tunnels • The mouse gloves are off: Disney workers to vote on strike amid contact talks • Microsoft to pay $14M amid allegations of retaliation, discrimination against workers