In the depths of the Great Depression, Ford Motor Company laid off 75% of it’s work force with no relief of any kind. This was in an era before Unemployment Insurance or Social Security, the …
Politics
The Revolution began with labor…
On this day in 1770, British soldiers, suppressing working people, shot and killed Crispus Attucks, a Black man, then killed others. Rope-maker Samuel Gray called out “Damn you! Don’t Fire!” just before being shot, at …
A Woman’s Place is in the Cabinet
In recognition of March as ‘Women’s History Month’, we recall that it was on this day, 4 March, in 1933, that President Franklin D. Roosevelt named a woman, Frances Perkins, to be secretary of labor. …
In Memory of Malcolm X
21 February will mark the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. In recognition of February being Black History Month, Below we reprint the eulogy delivered by actor and activist Ossie Davis…. Here – at this …
President’s Day
President’s Day seems like a fitting day to ‘inaugurate’ our new Classified Staff Blog. In this space over the coming days you will find important announcements, profiles of the employees who are critical to making …