by admin | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog
Fifty years ago, African-American sanitation workers in Memphis stood up for dignity, striking to demand recognition of their union — and their humanity. The strike pitted over a thousand sanitation workers, who as public-sector workers in the right-to-work state of...
by admin | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog
A cold snap the first week of this year took a toll on North Carolina’s cities. In Greensboro alone, 38 water mains broke—and despite near-zero temperatures, municipal workers like Charles French were responsible for fixing them. “We had workers out in frigid...
