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This Week in Labor History - September 12

Eugene V. Debs, labor leader and socialist, sentenced to 10 years for opposing World War I. While in jail Debs received one million votes for president - 1918
 
Jobless workers march on grocery stores and seize food in Toledo, Ohio – 1932

This Week in Labor History - September 12

This Week in Labor History - September 11

Some 75,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia end a 10-week strike after winning an 8-hour day, semi-monthly pay, and the abolition of overpriced company-owned stores, where they had been forced to shop. (Remember the song, "Sixteen Tons," by coal miner’s son Merle Travis, in which there’s this line: "I owe my soul to the company store.") - 1897

This Week in Labor History - September 11

Runaway Inequality Training 2017

The training explains how the economy is not working for the average American worker and that the vast divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots” has gotten out of hand.

Runaway Inequality Training 2017

GOOD JOBS NATION

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Midwest Good Jobs Nation Tour kicked off in Indianapolis, IN on Monday, August 21, 2017 with Senator, Bernie Sanders and Retired USW Local President, Chuck Jones. Also Indiana State Senator, David Niezgodski who will be re-introducing the Call Center Worker's Bill in the Indiana House during the 2018 Session.

GOOD JOBS NATION

This Week in Labor History - August 22

Five flight attendants form the Air Line Stewardesses Association, the first labor union representing flight attendants. They were reacting to an industry in which women were forced to retire at the age of 32, remain single, and adhere to strict weight, height and appearance requirements. The association later became the Association of Flight Attendants, now a division of the Communications Workers of America - 1945

This Week in Labor History - August 22

Zacharey Wilks

Dear Colleagues: As many of you already know, the son of Elizabeth Wilks, Assistant to Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens, has been missing for almost three months now. Zacharey, who is 27, left his home on California's Central Coast May 24, headed toward Las Vegas, but never arrived. Those of you who were at the CWA Convention in Pittsburgh know that a request was made by one of the delegates for donations to a GoFundMe account to help increase the number of professionals searching for Zacharey and his car.  Among other things, pilots have been hired to fly over the areas where he may have been traveling. For anyone who would like to donate, here is the link:  https://www.gofundme.com/find-zacharey-wilks   No donation is too small! Elizabeth appreciates the outpouring of support.  Please keep Elizabeth and her family in your prayers and pray for Zacharey's safe return. In Solidarity, Linda

Zacharey Wilks