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Today's Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

 

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Wednesdays with Warner #36
: Wed, November 24, 8:15am - 9:15am
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Join us for the 36th weekly gathering to ask Senator Warner to sign on to the PRO Act. The PRO Act would give workers the right to join unions and would eliminate the Jim Crow-era "right to work" laws. If you want to understand how corporations like Amazon and Starbucks prevent workers from unionizing, check out [link removed] John Oliver's excellent explanation.

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Strikesgiving!

You thought Striketober was over? Not at all. "Our worker uprising has more momentum than ever--we're now in the middle of Strikesgiving," reports the AFL-CIO, which urges "So find a strike near you to support!" From mine workers in Alabama to student workers at Columbia University and cereal workers at Kellogg's factories across the country, "We're in the middle of a historic worker uprising, with thousands of people demanding the higher wages and better benefits they deserve." This year, says the AFL-CIO, "we're giving thanks to every person holding strong on the picket line, fighting for workers' rights and making jobs better. Let's do everything we can to keep the fight on!"
[link removed] Click here to find a strike near you to support. "We'll see you out there!"

Strikesgiving solidarity opportunities

Starbucks Workers United Whistleblower:
Starbucks has retaliated against a store manager who blew the whistle on the company's union-busting tactics. Now Brittany Harrison is unemployed and battling Leukemia. Please donate to her [link removed] GoFundMe page.

Mineworkers Met Warrior Strike Fund: Mineworkers have been on strike since April 1st. Mail checks to: UMWA 2021 Strike Aid Fund, P.O. Box 513, Dumfries, VA 22026. photo: at last week's UMWA Met Warrior DC demo; photo by Chris Garlock/Union City

Kellogg Workers Strike Fund: Kellogg workers have been on strike since Oct 5th. Mail checks to: BCTGM Local 3G Strike Fund, 1006 N. Raymond Road, Battle Creek, MI. 49014.

Today's labor quote: Sam Gompers

"Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens."

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week's Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: [link removed] Murder, Race and (In)Justice. [link removed] Last week's show: [link removed] Tom Morello holds the line.

November 24

Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers International Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City - 1875

November 25

Teachers strike in St. Paul, Minn., the first organized walkout by teachers in the country. The month-long "strike for better schools" involving some 1,100 teachers--and principals--led to a number of reforms in the way schools were administered and operated - 1946

November 26

Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door from which the women could flee was locked - 1910

November 27
1,200 workers sit down at Midland Steel, forcing recognition of the United Auto Workers, Detroit - 1936

November 28
National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, precursor to IBEW, founded - 1891

- David Prosten.

 

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