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February 23
Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land Is Your Land” following a frigid trip --
partially by hitchhiking, partially by rail -- from California to
Manhattan. The Great Depression was still raging. Guthrie had heard
Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” and resolved to himself:
“We can’t just bless America, we’ve got to change it” – 1940
Also on this date: W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights activist,
born; National Marine Engineers Assn. formed; Journeyman Bakers
National Union chartered by American Federation of Labor; San Francisco
Examiner began publishing articles on the menace of Japanese laborers;
Association of Flight Attendants granted a charter by the AFL-CIO; San
Francisco’s minimum wage rises to $8.50…
Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land Is Your Land” following a frigid trip -- partially by hitchhiking, partially by rail -- from California to Manhattan. The Great Depression was still raging. Guthrie had heard Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” and resolved to himself: “We can’t just bless America, we’ve got to change it” – 1940
Also on this date: W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights activist, born. National Marine Engineers Assn. formed. Journeyman Bakers National Union chartered by American Federation of Labor; San Francisco Examiner began publishing articles on the menace of Japanese laborers. Association of Flight Attendants granted a charter by the AFL-CIO. San Francisco’s minimum wage rises to $8.50.More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.
Also on this date: W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights activist, born. National Marine Engineers Assn. formed. Journeyman Bakers National Union chartered by American Federation of Labor; San Francisco Examiner began publishing articles on the menace of Japanese laborers. Association of Flight Attendants granted a charter by the AFL-CIO. San Francisco’s minimum wage rises to $8.50.More info & ammo for unionists is availableonline from Union Communication Services.
CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
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CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
CWA Members Take Bargaining Fight to the Governor
CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
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CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
CWA Members Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications
CWA Canada Learns New Moves for Bargaining