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You know, people, sometimes we despair
When we think we're alone and nothing's gonna change
We get stepped on, abused, ignored and confused,
Made to suffer and told we're to blame.
Together we can move mountains,
Alone we can't move at all.
Together we can move mountains,
Alone we can't move at all.
Bev Grant, Together We Can Move Mountains
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No Contract, No Wordle!
Times Tech Guild members who power the technology behind mobile push alerts and app and website maintenance at the New York Times walked off the job earlier this week. The strike was the first NewsGuild-CWA work stoppage to coincide with a presidential election day in 60 years and the largest strike of tech workers in modern U.S. history. Tech Guild workers are asking readers to honor the digital picket line and not play popular NYT games such as Wordle and Connections, as well as not use the NYT cooking app. You can play strike-friendly versions of Connections, Wordle, and other games here, as well as check out some recipes. Supporters can donate to their strike fund here.
- CWA Newsletter
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Jesus Salas book about Wisconsin farmworker organizing wins two awards
Jesus Salas' book Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement has won two awards, a Gold Winner in the Multicultural category of the Independent Book Publishers Association annual book awards, as well as the 2024 Hamlin Garland Prize in Popular History awarded by the Midwestern History Association. The announcement praises the book's "sheer engagement of scale," nothing that the "narrative shares the interconnectedness... beyond [Wisconsin] to the Great Lakes Region, the Midwest, and the transnational movement from Mexico."
Wisconsin Labor History Society newsletter
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2025 Labor History Calendars Available
2025 Solidarity Forever Labor History Calendars are now available from the Wisconsin Labor History Society, which notes that “They are beautifully designed and jam-packed with great labor photography, graphics, and militant spirit.” These normally cost $13.95, but you can get it for $11 from Gerry Gunderson; contact him at gergun1@wi.rr.com or 414-545-5789. View the calendar here.
Wisconsin Labor History Society newsletter
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LHF Mailbag
“Thanks for featuring Barbara Dane, (This Week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour: A Wild Woman Sings the Blues, 10/31),” writes Hali Hammer. “I got to visit her in September - she was in poor health but her mind was as sharp as a tack. It would be good to note that It Isn't Nice was written by Malvina Reynolds.”
LHF loves to hear from you! Email us at info@laborheritage.org
| | We Can Move Mountains: Singer/songwriter Bev Grant on the story behind her song We Can Move Mountains; a conversation with Tabitha Arnold, a “Southern socialist making textile art about unions”. | | |
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New Doc Film Exposes Starbucks Illegal Union Busting Campaign
The Baristas vs The Billionaires is a powerful new documentary that unveils the inspiring fight of Millennials and Gen Z baristas against corporate America.
Directed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winner Mark Mori, the film takes you to the frontlines of the Starbucks unionization movement, shedding light on the urgent need for change as more than 10,000 workers at 500 unionized stores across the U.S. fight for better wages, benefits, and working conditions—and continue their struggle for a collective bargaining agreement.
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"No Scabs" song from New York Times Tech Guild picket line, Nov 4, 2024
Video by Danielle Smith, Labor Notes; sent in by Al Bradbury
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Together We Can Move Mountains-Bev Grant & the Human Condition
At the Prospect Park Bandshell "Celebrate Brooklyn" concert summer of 1987; featured in this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour.
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Detail from Tabitha Arnold’s Mill Town tapestry; see more photos by Tori Vintzel here and hear Tabitha discuss her life and work on this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour.
Spotted labor art? Email us at info@laborheritage.org
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CLICK HERE for our complete labor arts calendar; look for our Labor Arts Calendar edition on Monday | |
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WEEKEND LABOR ARTS CALENDAR
Friday, November 8, 2P: Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID
Online Presentation at the annual Book Forum held by Labor: Studies in Working-Class History.
Saturday, November 9, 12:30P: Activist Filmmakers Bootcamp featuring Third World Newsreel
NYU KJCC - King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 53 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
The Activist Filmmaker Bootcamp can help move you from complete inexperience and fear of filming to making your first short documentary or narrative film. Organized by the Workers Unite Film Festival
Saturday, November 9, 7:30P: Songs of Love and Resistance
El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20901
Gather with Joe Uehlein to talk, share, re-charge with friends, good food, songs of love & resistance...and moon pies!
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November 8, 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces plans for the Civil Works Administration to create four million additional jobs for the Depression-era unemployed. The workers ultimately laid 12 million feet of sewer pipe and built or made substantial improvements to 255,000 miles of roads, 40,000 schools, 3,700 playgrounds, and nearly 1,000 airports (not to mention 250,000 outhouses still badly needed in rural America) – 1933
photo: Railroad construction at Lowry, CO
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LABOR HISTORY TODAY podcast: A Wild Woman Sings the Blues: “The life and music of Barbara Dane,” from The Harry Bridges Project. The story of America told through its social upheaval, its achievements and, above all, its music. | |
| What does the CIO in AFL-CIO stand for? | | | |
LAST WEEK’S QUIZ: The nation's first general strike for the 10 hour day took place in Philadelphia on November 1, 1835. | |
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"The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too."
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