#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Milwaukee Honors Bay View Tragedy Victims & the Fight for the Eight-Hour Day http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/05/bay-view-tragedy.html The 127th Anniversary Commemoration of the Bay View Tragedy was held Sunday, May 5, at the Bay View Historical Marker Site on Milwaukee’s lakefront. The reenactment honors the struggles of Milwaukee workers to achieve a greater quality of life through a humane working day. Up until the 1886 tragedy, workers had been campaigning through rallies, marches and other efforts to establish the principle of the eight-hour day. The Milwaukee rally for the cause ended with the Wisconsin State Militia firing into a crowd of about 1500 immigrant workers and laborers marching toward the old Bay View R…http://www.twitpic.com/cot79a
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 30,000 march down Broadway in New York May Day event http://www.peoplesworld.org/30-000-march-down-broadway-in-new-york-may-day-march/ Some 30,000 flag-waving demonstrators marched down Broadway here on May Day demanding labor rights and immigration reform. They were among additional thousands who marched in other U.S. cities and millions who marched all over the world. The peaceful crowd was composed mostly of union members, immigrants and supporters of immigration reform. After rallying at Union Square, delegations from practically every union in the city marched into the streets and made their way down Broadway on the five-mile trek to City Hall. Sometimes an individual union had had so many members marching that the one group stretched for …http://www.twitpic.com/cnpu4i
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Wall Street, Immigration Rights Activists Carry Messages To City Hall http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/181322/occupy-wall-street–immigration-rights-activists-carry-messages-to-city-hall Even before marching the two miles or so to City Hall, the hundreds of local labor leaders and rank-and-file workers gathered in Union Square made one message very clear: all people have the right to work, and to work in a fair and just environment. “We believe that no human being is illegal. We think that we need to support the rights of immigrants and really push to build a movement to tie it home, with all these working-class issues,” said Justin Kennedy of Socialist Alternative. The kaleidoscope of groups supporting immigration reform, including activists from Occupy Wall Street, said…http://www.twitpic.com/cni4ea
The People’s Puppets of #OWS bring it in after a great day marching for #MayDayNYC. @Power2thePuppethttp://www.twitpic.com/cngd1v
MANHATTAN: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MARCHING AND PROTESTING NOW ON BROADWAY ST FOR #MAYDAY & #OWS.http://www.twitpic.com/cnfzz5
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests http://www.thenation.com/blog/174083/immigrant-rights-groups-labor-occupy-plan-may-day-protests# Protest groups across the country are gearing up for May Day protests on Wednesday. In New York, Occupy Wall Street has posted a schedule for the day, kicking off with young workers marching from Bryant Park in solidarity with the Transport Workers Union. Occupy says it plans to visit the offices of union busters and companies with whom the TWU members have contract disputes. At around noon, protesters will then go on an “immigrant worker justice tour,” in order to highlight the daily struggles facing immigrants and workers in New York City. Activists will visit several workplaces in midtown to “demand an…http://www.twitpic.com/cmzuo0
#union #iww #ows #occupy #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot Mine Workers President Roberts and Nine Others Arrested at Peabody Energy Protest http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Corporate-Greed/Mine-Workers-President-Roberts-and-Nine-Others-Arrested-at-Peabody-Energy-Protest Mine Workers (UMWA) President Cecil Roberts and nine other union members were arrested in front of Peabody Energy’s corporate headquarters in St. Louis yesterday, as more than 750 members and retirees sang Amazing Grace and held signs calling for fairness. Several of those arrested had oxygen tanks, and many in the crowd were brought to tears as the arrested protesters were peacefully loaded into the sheriff’s van while Which Side Are You On played on the loudspeakers. The protesters arrived at Peabody after marching from federal bankruptcy court, where Patriot Coal’s lawyers were insi…http://www.twitpic.com/bzn0oe
#BofA #union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Why Picket Lines Matter http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/Why-Picket-Lines-Matter I spent so much time on picket lines as a kid that when I thought my dad’s rules were too strict, I would run to build a sign on a stick and try to talk the neighbor kids into marching around the house with me. I learned early on the power of a picket to protest unfair treatment. That right is more important today than ever. As our economy has shifted toward a more contingent workforce, companies are increasingly hiring workers as part-time or temporary, or labeling them as independent contractors. This leaves workers more vulnerable to abuse while also shielding companies from accountability. When warehouse workers unpacking Walmart goods i…http://www.twitpic.com/bte5ee
At least 500 people at this #Occupy protest, marching down a full block and then some in the Lloyd.http://www.twitpic.com/ba2j4g
It's awesome to be marching again in NYC! #S15 #S17 #Occupy #OWShttp://www.twitpic.com/auzwsi