BY Chris Mahin | United States | 9/06/20
The huge procession began with 400 members of Bricklayers Union No. 6, all dressed in white aprons.
BY Chris Mahin | United States | 9/02/19
The huge procession began with 400 members of Bricklayers Union No. 6, all dressed in white aprons.
BY staff | Los Angeles, CA | 9/05/18
Thousands of enthusiastic union members united for a great march and rally in the heart of the historical Wilmington Chicano community, Sept 3.
BY Chris Mahin | United States | 9/03/18
The huge procession began with 400 members of Bricklayers Union No. 6, all dressed in white aprons. They were followed by a band and then the members of the Manufacturing Jewelers union. The jewelers marched four abreast, wearing derby hats and dark suits with buttonhole bouquets. They all carried canes resting on their shoulders (similar to the way infantry officers carry swords when on parade.)
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 9/07/17
On Sept. 5, Milwaukee's labor unions’ energetic efforts promoting the annual Labor Day and Laborfest celebrations resulted in what was considered by most to be a largest turnout than in recent years.
BY staff | Los Angeles, CA | 9/10/15
On the morning of Sept. 7, Labor Day, hundreds of union members and families joined together, in LA’s Wilmington Community, to celebrate unions and the working class. Many members from a host of trade unions talked about past victories in contracts and recent organizing drives.
BY Dee Michel | Chicago, IL | 9/07/12
In the largest labor rally here in at least 30 years, tens of thousands of teachers, parents and community and trade union supporters rallied on Labor Day in preparation for a strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), if Chicago Public School (CPS) doesn’t meet their demands.
BY Peter Shapiro | United States | 9/20/11
My local newspaper chose a strange way to honor workers on Labor Day. On page one, they printed a New York Times story warning that, thanks to its “generous labor contracts,” the U.S. Postal Service is about to go out of business.
BY Chris Mahin | United States | 9/03/11
The huge procession began with 400 members of Bricklayers Union No. 6, all dressed in white aprons.
BY staff | St Paul, MN | 8/14/08
The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, has voted to endorse the Labor Day mass anti-war march planned for the opening day of the Republican National Convention.
