Jul 16, 2020 | Articles & Posts
by Sean Lundergan, Fr. Boyle Fellow 143 years ago, on July 16, 1877, workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia went on strike in response to wage cuts imposed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. They blockaded the railway, disabled the cars and announced that no train...
Jul 10, 2020 | Articles & Posts
The Guild is proud to announce our newest Executive Board member, Rob Manchester of Teamsters Local 25. Rob, who’s 27, has been a member of Local 25 for three years, and he credits both the Teamsters and the Guild with a vast improvement in his quality of life...
Jun 27, 2020 | Articles & Posts
by Sean Lundergan, Fr. Boyle Fellow The Industrial Workers of the World was founded 115 years ago today. The IWW, whose members are known as Wobblies, has played an essential role in American labor history, including in the 1912 Bread and Roses strike in Lawrence,...
Jun 9, 2020 | Articles & Posts
Over the door at the old Guild facility in Weymouth was a sign with the words of Fr. Mortimer Gavin that read, “YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO THIS HOUSE.” The Labor Guild’s mission is to promote good order in the workplace, to teach workers to act in good conscience and to...
May 12, 2020 | Articles & Posts
by Sean Lundergan, Fr. Boyle Fellow James Connolly, the Irish socialist, nationalist and labor leader, was executed 104 years ago, on May 12, 1916. His death helped transform a failed, week-long rebellion into a rallying cry for Irish independence from the...
