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Women's History Month Union Woman of the Day: Jessie Ashley
Body: Sometimes remembered tangentially for being a love interest of Big Bill Haywood, Jessie Ashley was an IWW figure in her own right. As one of the few women attorneys in the early 20th century...
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Women's History Month Union Woman of the Day: Amelia “Milka” Sablich
Body: Amelia “Milka” Sablich (Check this site out - soooooo much more about her - I took some from it, thank you, and there's a page dedicated to her here.)A lesser-known rebel girl who is definitely...
View ArticleTrumka: A Labor movement for the people, not for politician or party
Body: In a major speech today, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka outlined a vision of what a true labor movement should be. Read the speech here: We have listened hard, and what workers want is an...
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Chores
Body: (Cross posted at The Montana Maven ) Newt Gingrich suggested that perhaps a good idea for poor highschoolers would be to work as the janitors in their high school in their off hours which would...
View ArticleWe Must Hang Together - "Year of Strife"
Body: Affinis didn't have time this morning to write a blog post on the ongoing actions at Pacific Coast seaports by the ILWU (International Longshore Workers Union or is it International Longshore and...
View ArticleRemembering the Triangle Shirtwaist fire: plan now
Body: from my own union-established bank: On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory killed 146 young, mostly women, garment workers. Many of the victims were immigrants who, like...
View ArticleWorkers of the World Unite and Dance
Thread: Class WarfareTags: Labor UnionssolidarityWorking America put together this video about the power of unions.
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