Originally published by Labor Today – https://labortoday.luel.us/en/ On October 1st LUEL members up and down the East Coast went out on the picket lines to support the striking International Longshoremen Association (ILA) workers. LUEL Mid-Atlantic and Southern Chapters heeded the call of solidarity at outside Ports in Staten Island, Philadelphia, and Miami. The workers expressed […]
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The ninth session for 2024 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor will be on the History of the Trade Union Educational League (TUEL). TUEL was the Labor United Educational League’s predecessor organization, which formed during the 1920s. The Harry Bridges School of Labor aims to educate the workers of America on the strength of
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PITTSBURGH—Meeting on September 12 and 13, UE’s General Executive Board debated and approved a statement calling on UE locals and members, and the rest of the labor movement, to “get serious about building a true political alternative, a labor party that can unite and speak for the working class.” The statement notes that corporate control
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The International Day of Older Persons, celebrated annually on October 1, was established by a special resolution at the 45th session of the UN General Assembly in 1990. Unfortunately, life has not gotten any better for the vast majority of older people. A clear example of a well-coordinated global attack on the rights of older
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The World Federation of Trade Unions on the 3rd of October every year celebrates the historic anniversary of its founding as it deserves, with international mobilization through its declaration as an International Action Day. On this extraordinary occasion of its 79th anniversary that marks the entry of our Federation into its 80th year of existence
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The seventh session for 2024 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor was on the Great San Francisco General Strike. We will be going over the working conditions that led to the strike, the strike itself, as well as its aftermath. We will also watch some of an old ILWU documentary on the strike. The
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The first of two classes from the Harry Bridges School of Labor on the Flint Sit-Down Strike. The Harry Bridges School of Labor aims to educate the workers of America on the strength of unions and to foster a class-conscious workforce through Labor United Educational League. We aim to connect the struggles of the past
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Originally published by Labor Today – https://labortoday.luel.us/en/ Labor United Educational League is proud to announce we are releasing the recordings from the Harry Bridges School of Labor sessions. Launched in Spring 2023, the Harry Bridges School of Labor is a monthly class held 2x per month. Classes cover a variety of topics aimed at building
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Originally published by Labor Today – https://labortoday.luel.us/en/ The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended a year long investigation in favor of workers at Amazon; specifically, that Amazon is a joint employer of the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers and must now must be recognized as Amazon employees, and therefore they must legally recognize and bargain
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Originally published by the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) – https://www.wftucentral.org/ The WFTU condemns the continues attacks against the Palestinian people by the Israeli occupation forces. While the genocide is taking place in Gaza, the Israeli occupation is escalating its aggressions in the West Bank against the Palestinians. Thousands of Israeli occupation soldiers accompanied
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