Harrisonville Telephone Company

This Week in Labor History - September 11

Some 75,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia end a 10-week strike after winning an 8-hour day, semi-monthly pay, and the abolition of overpriced company-owned stores, where they had been forced to shop. (Remember the song, "Sixteen Tons," by coal miner’s son Merle Travis, in which there’s this line: "I owe my soul to the company store.") - 1897

This Week in Labor History - September 11

Runaway Inequality Training 2017

The training explains how the economy is not working for the average American worker and that the vast divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots” has gotten out of hand.

Runaway Inequality Training 2017

GOOD JOBS NATION

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Midwest Good Jobs Nation Tour kicked off in Indianapolis, IN on Monday, August 21, 2017 with Senator, Bernie Sanders and Retired USW Local President, Chuck Jones. Also Indiana State Senator, David Niezgodski who will be re-introducing the Call Center Worker's Bill in the Indiana House during the 2018 Session.

GOOD JOBS NATION

This Week in Labor History - August 22

Five flight attendants form the Air Line Stewardesses Association, the first labor union representing flight attendants. They were reacting to an industry in which women were forced to retire at the age of 32, remain single, and adhere to strict weight, height and appearance requirements. The association later became the Association of Flight Attendants, now a division of the Communications Workers of America - 1945

This Week in Labor History - August 22