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Ambition, Yall – Everyone Please Get on UAW’s Level

Hamilton Nolan How Things Work
Modest goals won’t get us where we need to go. We need to think big. The labor movement needs, before anything, genuine ambition for a new America...We need labor leaders who see their jobs as climbing mountains no matter how high they are.

After 112 Years, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Victims Get a Memorial

Lola Fadulu New York Times
The 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York killed 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, and galvanized the U.S. labor movement. After 112 years, there is finally a striking and permanent memorial on the site.

Tidbits – Sept. 28, 2023 – Reader Comments: Holding Oil Industry Accountable; Trump Bankrupt; Netanyahu Map Without Palestine; Support Striking UAW Auto-Workers; Nationwide Free Banned Book Club; Triangle Fire Memorial To Be Dedicated;

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Reader Comments: Holding Oil Industry Accountable; Trump Bankrupt; Netanyahu Middle East Map Without Palestine; Support Striking UAW Auto-workers; Nationwide Free Banned Book Club; Triangle Fire Memorial to be Dedicated; More Announcements; Cartoons

Tidbits – Aug.10, 2023 – Reader Comments: Ohio Voted!; Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Never Again!; VFX Workers Unionizing at Marvel Studios; How Policy Has Shaped Racial Economic Disparities; Films: Sacco and Vanzetti; King Coal; Cartoons; More; …

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Reader Comments: Ohio Voted!; Hiroshima - Nagasaki - Never Again!; VFX Workers Unionizing at Marvel Studios; How policy has shaped racial economic disparities; Film Discussion on Sacco and Vanzetti; New Film: King Coal; Cartoons; more; ....

Friday Nite Videos | June 30, 2023

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The Democrats Have Moves To Flip the House. Grandmaster Flash 50 Years of Hip Hop - Full Performance. When Flight Attendants Fought the Airline Industry and Won. Every Body | Movie. How America’s Richest Donate Their Money

Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions?

Paige Oamek The Nation
For May Day, we talked to young workers—in tech, retail, food service, and more—about what brought them to the labor movement. Those under 35 overwhelmingly approve of organized labor—77 percent.

Tidbits – Apr 27, 2023 – Reader Comments: McCarthy’s MAGA Holds Country Hostage; Military Budget, Arms for Israel; Harry Belafonte, Social Justice Song List; May Day in New York; Ukraine What Next?; Fighting for Democracy in the Workplace

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Reader Comments: Young Voters Message; McCarthy's MAGA Holds Country Hostage; Military Budget, Arms for Israel; Harry Belafonte, Social Justice Song list; May Day in New York; Webinars: Ukraine What Next?; Fighting for Democracy in the Workplace
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