US labour news headlines from LabourStart
• Teamster port drivers ratify 1st contract in 30 years. • Why picket lines matter. • Gear up for War on Worker battles in the states. • U.S. budget vs. family budget: Let's be real about it. • How 'right-to-work' weakens democracy. • Flu outbreak is taking a toll on Marylanders. • Relief ahead for U.S. citizens with undocumented spouses.
May 22, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms: to bring “an end to poverty and racial injustice” in America.