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Tag Archives: Unions
1945: With These Blows of My Hammer
On September 14, 1945, trade unionist Paul Bebert, a former concentration camp prisoner, destroyed the swastikas that Nazis has affixed to union offices in Hamburg. He read this statement to the crowd: With these blows of my hammer I will … Continue reading
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1987: Basebenzi Masimanyane
Congress of South African Trade Unions: 1987 Calendar In 1987, COSATU conducted a two-day strike during the general elections in May as part of its Living Wage Campaign. More than 2.5 million workers took part. Later that month, their headquarters … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Africa, Civil Rights, Labor, Mines, South Africa, Strikes, Unions
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1973: And Here As In Other Places
Fold-out poster of Emiliano Zapata from El Malcriado, newsletter of the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO (May 4,1973) (source) …And here as in other places, enslaved men and women, whose consciousness has been asleep, are waking up, looking around struggling…
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Emiliano Zapata, Labor, Latino/as/x, Mexico, Posters, Revolution, Unions, USA
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1946: First They Came
Although this is one of the world’s most famous poems, there is no definitive version of it. Indeed, there is no clear evidence that its author, the Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller, ever put it into poetic form. Several variations exist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Christianity, Disability, Fascism, Germany, Harold Marcuse, Holocaust, Judaism, Martin Niemöller, Museums, Poetry, Religion, Socialism & Communism, Unions, WWII
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1946: Fight That Man!
The Challenger—a tough-talking comic book hero from the 1940’s who fights fascism at home: “The man who wants to smash the unions or attack racial or religious minorities is a fascist! Never forget that, and never forget to fight that … Continue reading
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1915: Help the Furrier Strikers
Happy May Day!
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Judaism, Labor, Photography, Strikes, Unions, USA
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2016: Not Simply to Keep Time
In 2016, The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra argued in a legal hearing that its musicians—members of the Greater Lancaster Federation of Musicians, AFM #294, AFL-CIO—were independent contractors and thus could not form a union. The appellate court did not agree, finding … Continue reading
