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Dorothy Day3 comments

eveningstarjilly wrote 1 day ago: She looks so small just sitting there on her folding stool and the police looming over her with thei … more →

Tags: Dorothy Day, sunday scribblings

UFW Button - Gallo Boycott

karaloyal wrote 1 month ago: The United Farm Workers Union were regularly in front of the Berkeley CO-OP on Shattuck Ave. I happi … more →

Tags: Stand-in Object, 1975, Black Eagle, Button

From the archive of struggle, no.36: radical America

antigerman wrote 1 month ago: Last week, I featured the Holt Labor Library. Today, I feature a few different American radical hist … more →

Tags: Democratic Socialists, From the archive of struggle, A. Philip Randolph, Cesar Chavez, Di Velt, Eugene Debs, George Meany, gilles dauvé, Illinois Labor History Society

From the archive of struggle, no.35: Holt Labor Library special2 comments

antigerman wrote 1 month ago: In previous editions, I have featured the Labadie Collection and the Greater Manchester Collection. … more →

Tags: Trotskyists, From the archive of struggle, Rudolf Rocker, POUM, C.L.R. James, alliance for workers liberty, Brian Pearce, Cesar Chavez, C L R James

Why David Sometimes Wins: Marshall Ganz Looks at the UFW1 comment

dcampbell1 wrote 2 months ago: Why David Sometimes Wins; Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movem … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, UFW, Philip Vera Cruz, Marhsall Ganz, Why David Sometimes Wins

Just another reason to join the fight. Solidarity with the UFW.

queerartist wrote 2 months ago: NO SMILEY FACES FOR NATURE’S PARTNER!! Tell Walmart to stop its supplier Giumarra’s unla … more →

Tags: Solidarity, Justice for All, Take Action

Act To Stop This Madness

queerartist wrote 2 months ago:   New Chance To Stop Toxic Pesticide Methyl iodide We want to thank the thousands of UFW supporters … more →

Tags: Fight On, Justice for All, Solidarity, To Our Health

Sen. Edward Kennedy had Tie to Local Resident Karen Kendall

Carol A. Clark wrote 3 months ago: Los Alamos resident Karen Kendall’s father, migrant farm worker lobbyist Eugene Boutilier, speaking … more →

Tags: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Civil Rights, Rev. Eugene Boutilier, Bobby Kennedy, Karen Kendall, Migrant Labor Subcommittee

Why Kroger's Grocery Store Obama?

speakmymindblog wrote 4 months ago: Just a little ‘fact check’ before we get into why Kroger’s. On July 29 President B … more →

Tags: Healthcare, Unions, obama, Politics, ACORN, Congress, Bertha Lewis, seiu, afl-cio

Karen Kendall recounts her fascinating childhood in the book “Berkeley to Beijing”

Carol A. Clark wrote 5 months ago: Younger family members and friends were surprised when they heard stories of Karen Boutilier Kendall … more →

Tags: Karen Boutilier Kendall, “Berkeley to Beijing”, Poor People’s Campaign, Jesse Hernandez

Another Reason for the California Employee Free Choice Act1 comment

rogerhollander wrote 6 months ago: Supposedly we have the water available, we have the shade available, we have bathrooms available but … more →

Tags: California, Labor, Agriculture, roger hollander, schwarzenegger, Cesar Chavez, UFW, california agriculture, california labor

Bobby Kennedy showed "preventative detention" was wrong in 1968.

therealdeals wrote 6 months ago: Why does Obama think he can do it:   … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Bobby Kennedy, Preventative Detention

May Day 2009: International Workers Day!

autonomieproject wrote 7 months ago: With the economic collapse and major corporations declaring bankruptcy this year’s May Day is … more →

Tags: Fair Trade, Labor Rights, Human Rights, Sweatshops, May Day, Workers' rights, may day 2009, May Day International Workers, Anti-sweatshop

SB789 Passes CA State Senate on Lobby Day. Take the next step.

rogerhollander wrote 7 months ago: UNITED FARM WORKERS Involuntary manslaughter charges were filed today against three top officials of … more →

Tags: California, Labor, Agriculture, Labor, Labour, roger hollander, worker rights, Agriculture, farm workers

IPC Praises Labor Leaders' Immigration Accord

myvisausa wrote 7 months ago: The nation’s two major labor federations, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and Change to Win, agreed for the … more →

Tags: News, Employment Authorization Documents, immigration services, Immigration reform, Foreign Workers, Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration Policy, david pena

Unions agree on path for immigration reform1 comment

myvisausa wrote 7 months ago: The AFL-CIO and the Change to Win federation support the legalization of the nation’s 12 milli … more →

Tags: News, Employment Authorization Documents, immigration services, Immigration reform, Foreign Workers, Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration Policy, david pena

EFCA GETS SUPPORT FROM "WEST WING" ACTORS2 comments

outragedincleveland wrote 8 months ago: If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I’m constantly talking about labor (th … more →

Tags: union busting, Unions, Business, EFCA, Josh Lyman, Toby Ziegler, Capitol Hill, Dianne Feinstein, Actors

Celebrating the UFW: The Chavez Desi Connection

V & A wrote 8 months ago: By Veena D. Today is Cesar Chavez Day! I think it’s important to take a few moments today to c … more →

Tags: Law, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Labor, Veena, Workers' rights, HOPE, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez Gandhi

Happy Birthday, Cesar Chavez!1 comment

rogerhollander wrote 8 months ago: David Swanson www.opednews.com, March 31, 2009 No, he’s NOT the president of Venezuela.  Yes, … more →

Tags: Agriculture, California, Human Rights, Labor, agriculture labor relations, agriculture union, beyond the fields, california agriculture, california labor


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