Michigan State Utility Workers Council

09/08/2026

On this day in labor history, the year was 1965. That was the day the Delano Grape Strike began in California. The strike came a year after activists had forced Congress to end the Bracero contract labor program. The Filipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, led by Larry Itliong, Philip Ve...

09/07/2026

Today in the US is Labor Day. Most other countries in the world instead celebrate May Day as International Workers' Day. Learn why, and about the difference between the two, in our podcast episode 85, with Upstream, available exclusively on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/workingclasshistory/posts/e85-may-day-with-103374699?collection=2095797

09/07/2026

Before the victory’s won, some of us will have to get scarred up, but we shall overcome.

09/07/2026

Great Union showing at the Muskegon Labor Day parade, much Union pride was on display!

09/07/2026

When we stand and fight together, we win together. Our statement:

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day to all our UWUA members, fellow union members, and allies. Today is a day to reflect on the contributions that working people make to society every day!

09/07/2026

On this day in labor history, the year was 2011. That was the day hundreds of ILWU strikers blocked railroad tracks near Longview, Washington. They hoped to stop grain shipments from moving in and out of the EGT Grain Terminal. Longshoremen had been sitting down on the tracks throughout the summer r...

09/07/2026

09/06/2026

Find one of these Labor Day Parades and participate, this is OUR day Brothers and Sisters, let’s be proud and celebrate US !

09/06/2026