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niyad

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2. the ludlow massacre was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of your post. and don't

Reply to alarimer (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 11:24 AM

Sep 2013

forget the triangle shirtwaist fire (and the ilgwu strike that preceded it). thank you for posting this as a reminder of what it took to get us even the little bit we have today. you are correct, the word "union" suddenly seems to be a four-letter word, thanks to determined propaganda from our corporate overlords.

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I'm thinking of the people who died so I could have weekends off. [View all] alarimer Sep 2013 OP

Good for you I agree! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

the ludlow massacre was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of your post. and don't niyad Sep 2013 #2

It's quite an extensive list of union battles alarimer Sep 2013 #4

Interesting, state employee....no union bobGandolf Sep 2013 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author bobGandolf Sep 2013 #27

I thought of the anarchist Haymarket Martyrs ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #25

here is a vanzetti quote, babydollhead Sep 2013 #3

Great post title senseandsensibility Sep 2013 #5

Nice post! Thanks! n-t Logical Sep 2013 #6

Thank you! Iliyah Sep 2013 #7

Someone who is pro-union would not be front and center TBF Sep 2013 #9

Not true Iliyah Sep 2013 #10

Playing both sides of the aisle - TBF Sep 2013 #23

Or advocating "free trade" agreements. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #28

Really? He didn't say "union"? How about "right to organize"? Anything? Scuba Sep 2013 #8

I don't think there are very many pro-union Democrats left anymore. alarimer Sep 2013 #15

Time for the rank-and-file to toss these so-called "leaders" to the curb. Scuba Sep 2013 #17

We so often forget how much progress the unions brought us. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #11

A weekend off? What's that? DFW Sep 2013 #12

I hear you DFW Skittles Sep 2013 #24

Kicked and recommended. Great post! Enthusiast Sep 2013 #13

UNION very simple word, easy to pronounce, even "W" could pronounce it! Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #14

I missed the President's speech, but not your post. Thank you. Solidarity! mountain grammy Sep 2013 #16

That sounds dangerously seditious, citizen! NuclearDem Sep 2013 #18

Of course he won't say the word union... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #19

This past week has been very hard on me. I am usually the type that "suffers fools easily".. BlueJazz Sep 2013 #20

And it CAN get worse felix_numinous Sep 2013 #21

Wonderful post MissDeeds Sep 2013 #22

Thank you. Beautiful post. woo me with science Sep 2013 #29