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Lynn rapidly shrinking middle class- welcome to Wal-Mart Aug 10 2010 |
| A reinvigorated labor movement needed for a great social upheaval |
| Howard Zinn, Real News Network |
| o' oh, its the end of the world as we know it |
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| Why Working People Are Angry & Why Politicians Should Listen give him 3 minutes and you'll want to hear more. 28min |
| Origins of May Day, International Workers Day, or otherwise know as LABOR DAY and the parallels to events today. Part 1 of 3 Democracy Now |
| Haymarket Riots & the art of anarchy PBS Part 3. |
| Why do we celebrate Labor Day in September instead of May 1st as most countries do? |
| Labor representatives from the US had participated in the International Labor Congress in Paris in 1889, and as a result of that meeting, May 1, 1890 was chosen as International Labor Day. The problem in the USA was that a general strike in 1886 in Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois had turned into a major catastrophe with a bomb thrown, and seven police officers and about six demonstrators were killed. The consequences were politically tainted trials and the hanging of seven anarchists. People across the country and around the world were shocked, and Haymarket became a rallying point for labor demonstrations. The U.S. did not want to have the Haymarket incident connected to workers observances, so in 1894 the September date was chosen as the official Labor Day. |
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| Both corporate giants have long track records of harassing their workers when it comes to joining unions. Harassment and intimidation are illegal under Federal law, and we won't stand for it. Tell Howard Schultz, Starbucks' billionaire owner, to respect the people who work for Starbucks. Sign the memo to Mr. Schultz: http://stopstarbucks.com |
| What do Starbucks and Wal-Mart have in common? |
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