Mar 30, 2020 | Articles & Posts, School Blog Post
by Sean Lundergan, Fr. Boyle Fellow This week in 1874, workers at the Susquehanna Depot in Pennsylvania seized their employer’s equipment and facilities when their wages weren’t paid. The incident was a part of the escalation in labor disputes along America’s...
Mar 20, 2020 | Articles & Posts
This Week in Labor History, vol. 1 by Sean Lundergan, Fr. Boyle Fellow The Great Postal Strike, 1970 On March 18, 1970, New York City postal workers began a wildcat strike, and over the next week postal workers in over 200 cities and towns across the country joined,...
Mar 8, 2020 | Articles & Posts, Workshops & Classes, Youth Caucus
by Sean Lundergan, Boyle Fellow The Labor Guild Youth Caucus’s Young Worker Workshops concluded this past week. The four-week series hosted members of Teamsters 25, Carmens 589, Inspectors Union Local 600, Carpenters 339, Massachusetts Nurses Association, Pipefitters...
Feb 4, 2020 | Workshops & Classes, Youth Caucus
The Labor Guild Youth Caucus has announced the topics and speakers for its third annual Young Worker Workshop series at the Teamsters 25 hall in Charlestown. We are extremely grateful to President Sean O’Brien and everyone at Local 25 for their continued support...
Dec 9, 2019 | Articles & Posts, CGA Awardees, Profiles
by Sean Lundergan, Boyle Fellow The Labor Guild honored the recipients of the Cushing-Gavin Awards at the 53rd annual CGA dinner on Friday, December 6. Below are the bios of the five recipients that appeared in the event’s program book. Rich Rogers Rich Rogers...
