They might not get as much praise and recognition, but Black women have served as the driving force and the foundation of many of the most transformative and important movements. It’s a cycle that ...

Deftly directed by Stages' artistic director Derek Charles Livingston, the world premiere of Maggie Lou Rader's "Let. Her. Rip" draws us into an 1888 strike led by the London Match Women Labor ...

"Conversations" about domestic labor -- Women, civil rights, and grassroots mobilization -- A new day for domestic workers -- Intimacy, labor, and professionalization -- Space, place, and new models ...

Labor day in America is a necessary observance of the ongoing struggle for workers’ rights. While some know about the pivotal role of Jewish immigrant women in that history, many don’t. They were the ...

Sarah G. Bagley was the first leader of the Female Labor Reform Association of Lowell, a pioneer woman labor editor and labor leader. Yet knowledge of her background and early life is scant. She was a ...

On Thurday, May 1, members of Women of Michigan Action Network (WOMAN) and the Midland County Democratic Party (MCDP) will join over 340 cities nationwide to honor the legacy of past labor struggles ...

Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United States and Canada. Instead, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day as ...

While the proponents of “abundance” may vary in their disposition toward unions, many of the organizations bankrolling the movement seek to roll back the power of organized labor. Machinists Union ...

Intro; Table of Contents; Director's Foreword, by Whitney W. Donhauser; Introduction: Workers' Movements, Workers' Struggles in New York, by Sarah M. Henry; Workers in the City of Commerce: 1624-1898; ...

Maternal and newborn deaths are rising globally, not just in low- and middle-income countries, but in wealthy nations too. Researchers have described the situation as a "global failure" and a "major ...

Labor Day 2022 seemed to me “the most promising moment for unions in several decades.” That year, young workers were trying to organize new unions from coast to coast, and labor unions enjoyed over 70 ...