2012 will be remembered as a very important year in the history of the labor movement — a year in which unions across the Philadelphia region and the nation banded together in solidarity to take action on a plethora of issues, many of which will directly affect the future of organized labor. Once again we stood together to preserve our existence as a movement, as a voice and as an advocate for the rights of working people and the middle class… From national events like the Presidential election, Wisconsin’s anti collective bargaining law, Fighting Hyatt’s working conditions, the Chicago teacher’s strike and the Great Walmart Walkout, to important local Philadelphia based events such as SEIU 32bj District 1201 leadership’s fight for survival against privatization, the fight by Philadelphia construction trades against Post Brothers, the city unions negotiations with the Nutter administration to get contracts after years each without one, all remind us that we must always stand strong together in solidarity as a community in the face of greed to ensure that working families always have a voice.

In honor of those issues and many more, Phillylabor.com has comprised a list of labor’s top stories of 2012 as collage and as documentation for the purpose of always remembering, learning that we must always be ready to join together now and in the future to protect the standards that our forefathers fought so hard to achieve in order to maintain their legacy today and pass it on tomorrow.

(Scroll Down on the home page of this story and navigate to the next several pages to view 22 of labor’s top stories both locally and nationally)