Elmore Nickleberry, 92, Sanitation Worker in ’68 Memphis Strike, Dies
He was one of the last survivors of a historic walkout that demanded respect and a living wage and that drew Martin Luther King to their cause.
By Steven Greenhouse
Recent and archived work by Steven Greenhouse for The New York Times
He was one of the last survivors of a historic walkout that demanded respect and a living wage and that drew Martin Luther King to their cause.
By Steven Greenhouse
“Dr. Betty” led 350 miners on a strike in Pennsylvania in 1945 demanding that the mining company that owned their town improve horridly unsanitary conditions.
By Steven Greenhouse
Posing at coal mines and factories, they may tell voters otherwise. But the policy tells a different story.
By Steven Greenhouse
Richard Trumka, the late leader of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., breathed life into the American labor movement. But the road ahead is ominous.
By Steven Greenhouse
President Biden promised to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” Following through on that might mean going it alone.
By Steven Greenhouse
Support for unions is rising. The G.O.P. might want to be part of that.
By Steven Greenhouse
Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap.
By Steven Greenhouse
How teachers, hotel workers and supermarket cashiers inspired 50,000 General Motors workers to go on strike.
By Steven Greenhouse
No other industrial country treats its working class so badly. And there’s one big reason for that.
By Steven Greenhouse
From the Supreme Court to labor organizing rules, the president undermines workers’ greatest champions.
By Steven Greenhouse