Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) on Tuesday chided Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) for “sneering” at Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris for touting his working class and union background.
The Confederacy planned arguably the first October Surprise–a bold attack at Cedar Creek to defeat a Union army—a desperate bid to aid the Copperhead Peace Democrats at the ballot box.
In the fall of 1864, both Union and Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley were caught in a cycle of violence and retribution. The Civil War is marked by nuance, tragedy, and the unexpected sacrifices and triumphs of the human spirit. Two significant events helped bring an end to this bloody stalemate.
This week marks the 160th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. The final significant turning point of the Civil War may not have occurred without the previously unknown contributions of Sheridan’s Union Scouts.
During an interview on MSNBC on Tuesday, American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley stated that he wishes government employees had time to respond to Elon Musk’s email “but they are actually performing services.” And “I really wish that Elon
During an interview with ABC News on Thursday, American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley stated that members of the union will not report any remaining DEI programs in federal agencies because they won’t “snitch on one another.” He
A color revolution is a catchy term for popular movements that employ riots and street protests to overthrow a government. But behind the scenes, these seemingly organic movements often have a hidden hand.
The union representing Democratic National Committee (DNC) employees is very upset about staffing cuts that typically occur after an election loss.
Ballot fraud in the United States is nothing new. Absentee ballots were allowed for the first time in the presidential election of 1864 because of the massive number of Union soldiers in the field.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” acting Labor Secretary Julie Su responded to International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett’s threat to “cripple” the economy by stating that “anyone who’s been a part of these things knows that
On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House National Economic Adviser Lael Brainard responded to a question on if International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett’s large salary came up during negotiations over the port strike where higher wages were demanded by stating
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Harris-Walz Surrogate Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) argued that there will be fewer strikes if 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris is elected and that the head of the dockworkers union
Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was that he was a lone mad gunman who operated with a small group of conspirators loyal to him. The true story is detailed for the first time in the new bestselling book, The Unvanquished.
Throughout 1863 and 1864, Confederate guerrilla leader John Singleton Mosby and his intrepid Rangers, “the South’s most dangerous men” terrorized the Northern troops in the area surrounding the Shenandoah Valley, known as “Mosby’s Confederacy.”
Next week Americans will celebrate the founding of our country, but most probably don’t realize how close one hundred and sixty years ago in July 1864 America came to being permanently torn apart.
A crucial piece of intelligence can turn the tide of an entire battle or even a war. During the Civil War before the Third Battle of Winchester, that intelligence was obtained from two of the most unlikely of sources—a school teacher and a slave.
On April 18, 1864, author Herman Melville rode through the twilight, embedded with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, on a scouting mission deep in enemy territory.
Confederate guerrilla leader John Singleton Mosby continually urged his Rangers to “get the bulge” on their opponents by attacking first, using the element of surprise to swiftly and violently make the most of their small numbers to subdue their opponents.
Confederate guerilla leader John Singleton Mosby and his intrepid Rangers are known for their incredibly daring feats, but they weren’t always successful. One chilly night in the winter of 1864, the Union calvary met the Confederates’ surprise raid with a bloody defeat.
Mosby himself seemed to have a vampire-like ability to rise from the dead, being severely wounded a handful of times, but always staving off death and capture.
Special operations forces require special men. Union major Henry Harrison Young was such a man—born for war.
The Union Army had one of their best chances to capture and destroy Mosby’s Rangers, the comparatively small elite unit, at that time, of Confederate guerilla warriors terrorizing Federal troops in Northern Virginia.
John Singleton Mosby, one of the main characters of this story, 161 years ago this week conducted what is considered the perfect special operation.
Trucking company Yellow Corp. shut down on Sunday after 99 years, a move that has deeply affected tens of thousands of American workers.
Employees at approximately 150 Starbucks stores are reportedly gathering to strike Friday regarding LGBTQQIAAP2s+ Pride decor.
More than 7,000 unionized nurses walked off the job Monday at two of New York City’s largest hospitals after negotiations stalled over the weekend.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” Jeremy Ferguson, the President of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail Transportation union Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the largest rail union in the country, whose members rejected a tentative deal to avoid a rail strike, placed the
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters rejected the deal on the grounds that management refused to offer paid time off to workers for sickness or family emergencies.
A massive group of Minnesota nurses began a three-day strike early Monday over pay and understaffing issues.
President Joe Biden’s administration is enabling the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to banish the union representing 6,800 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
A federal jury in Texas awarded a former flight attendant millions of dollars after she was fired in light of her abortion views.
President Joe Biden got angry during a speech to unions on Wednesday, yelling about the long lines of people trying to get food during the coronavirus pandemic.
Over 200 illegal migrants landed in Britain on Tuesday in the latest organised effort of individuals crossing illegally into Britain.
A second Starbucks store voted Monday to unionize near Buffalo, New York, with staff concerns about coronavirus procedures cited as driving the move.
“Huge numbers” of schoolchildren in the North of England have refused to take lateral flow tests before schools and wear masks.
The New York Times Company illegally deployed union-busting practices against employees to prevent support for the corporation’s tech union, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges this week.
Patrick Pizella and Alfredo Ortiz write in The Hill about the promise for workers’ rights of implied by the decision by Amazon workers in Alabama not to join the Retail Workers and Department Store Union, despite the clear wishes of progressives:
Rioters on Sunday evening set fire to the offices of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union.
Hong Kong healthcare workers launched a five-day strike as threatened on Monday to protest their government’s refusal to completely seal the border with China until the coronavirus epidemic is under control. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam responded by announcing more travel restrictions, closing down all land crossings except the bridges to Shenzhen and Zhuhai.
The Democrat debate on Thursday at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles has been saved after a subcontractor and a union reached a collective bargaining agreement that was announced Thursday morning.
