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Today in Labor History August 26, 1913: The Dublin lock-out began, a 5- month strike over terrible living and working conditions, and for union recognition. At the time, some Irish workers were living with 55 people per house. The Infant mortality rate among the poor was 142 per 1,000 births. TB-related deaths were 50% higher than in England or Scotland. The main organizers of the strike were 2 syndicalists, James Larkin and IWW cofounder, James Connolly. Several workers were killed by police and by strikebreakers. Hundreds were injured. WB Yeats’ poem, September 1913, is often viewed as a commentary on the brutality of the strike. Connolly was later executed as a leader of the Easter Rising, in 1916.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #dublin #lockout #union #strike #ireland #socialism #jameslarkin #jamesconnolly #IWW #police #policebrutality
Today in Labor History August 26, 1913: The Dublin lock-out began, a 5- month strike over terrible living and working conditions, and for union recognition. At the time, some Irish workers were living with 55 people per house. The Infant mortality rate among the poor was 142 per 1,000 births. TB-related deaths were 50% higher than in England or Scotland. The main organizers of the strike were 2 syndicalists, James Larkin and IWW cofounder, James Connolly. Several workers were killed by police and by strikebreakers. Hundreds were injured. WB Yeats’ poem, September 1913, is often viewed as a commentary on the brutality of the strike. Connolly was later executed as a leader of the Easter Rising, in 1916.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #dublin #lockout #union #strike #ireland #socialism #jameslarkin #jamesconnolly #IWW #police #policebrutality
Alex Akselrod
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Today in Labor History August 21, 1920: Ongoing violence by coal operators and their paid goons in the southern coalfields of West Virginia led to a three-hour gun battle between striking miners and guards that left six dead. 500 Federal troops were sent in not only to quell the fighting, but to ensure that scabs were able to get to and from the mines. A General Strike was threatened if the troops did not cease their strikebreaking activities. This was just 3 months after the Matewan Massacre, in which the miners drove out the seemingly invincible Baldwin-Felts private police force, with the help of their ally, Sheriff Sid Hatfield. 1 year later, Sheriff Hatfield was gunned down on the steps of the courthouse by surviving members of the Baldwin-Felts Agency. News spread and miners began arming themselves, leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Over 100 people were killed in the 5-day battle, including 3 army soldiers and up to 20 Baldwin-Felts detectives. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. 1 million rounds were fired. And the government dropped bombs from aircraft on the miners, only the second time in history that the government bombed its own citizens (the first being the pogrom against African American residents of Tulsa, during the so-called Tulsa Riots).
The Battle of Blair Mountain is depicted in Storming Heaven (Denise Giardina, 1987), Blair Mountain (Jonathan Lynn, 2006), and Carla Rising (Topper Sherwood, 2015). And the Matewan Massacre is brilliantly portrayed in John Sayles’s film, “Matewan.”
Read my history of the Battle of Blair Mountain here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/14/the-battle-of-blair-mountain/
#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #union #westvirginia #matewan#BattleOfBlairMountain #uprising #civilwar#GeneralStrike #tulsa #massacre #racism #books #fiction #film #writer #author #novel @bookstadon
Today in Labor History August 21, 1920: Ongoing violence by coal operators and their paid goons in the southern coalfields of West Virginia led to a three-hour gun battle between striking miners and guards that left six dead. 500 Federal troops were sent in not only to quell the fighting, but to ensure that scabs were able to get to and from the mines. A General Strike was threatened if the troops did not cease their strikebreaking activities. This was just 3 months after the Matewan Massacre, in which the miners drove out the seemingly invincible Baldwin-Felts private police force, with the help of their ally, Sheriff Sid Hatfield. 1 year later, Sheriff Hatfield was gunned down on the steps of the courthouse by surviving members of the Baldwin-Felts Agency. News spread and miners began arming themselves, leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Over 100 people were killed in the 5-day battle, including 3 army soldiers and up to 20 Baldwin-Felts detectives. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. 1 million rounds were fired. And the government dropped bombs from aircraft on the miners, only the second time in history that the government bombed its own citizens (the first being the pogrom against African American residents of Tulsa, during the so-called Tulsa Riots).
The Battle of Blair Mountain is depicted in Storming Heaven (Denise Giardina, 1987), Blair Mountain (Jonathan Lynn, 2006), and Carla Rising (Topper Sherwood, 2015). And the Matewan Massacre is brilliantly portrayed in John Sayles’s film, “Matewan.”
Read my history of the Battle of Blair Mountain here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/14/the-battle-of-blair-mountain/
#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #union #westvirginia #matewan#BattleOfBlairMountain #uprising #civilwar#GeneralStrike #tulsa #massacre #racism #books #fiction #film #writer #author #novel @bookstadon
CUPE sues government to block 'unconstitutional' power used to end flight attendant strike; The union accused Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu of undermining the flight attendants’ constitutional right to strike.
Raúl Chouza
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Llamamiento mundial a hacer Huelga de consumo. Este jueves 21 no compres, no consumas, intenta no gastar.
Difunde
Vamos a darle en lo único que les duele: la economía
Mensaje para grupos organizaciones y sindicatos. Nadie es dueño de este movimiento, pero sólo podemos hacerlo JUNTOS
Respondiendo a la petición de la reportera Bisan Owda, llamamos a una huelga mundial de consumo. A partir del jueves 21 de agosto, y todos los jueves posteriores. No compres nada (ten previsión) Limita o evita el transporte público (si es inveitable compra antes los billetes). Esta huelga no incluye el trabajo, pero en la medida de lo posible considera usar días libres o festivos para reducir la producción los jueves.
Gaza llamó, el mundo debe responder:
Huelga de consumo Mundial por GAZA
Únete a la huelga el jueves 21 de agosto
La imagen es un cartel en blanco y negro en el que aparece el reportero gazatí asesinado Anas en medio de las letras que forman Gaza
Llamamiento mundial a hacer Huelga de consumo. Este jueves 21 no compres, no consumas, intenta no gastar.
Difunde
Vamos a darle en lo único que les duele: la economía
Mensaje para grupos organizaciones y sindicatos. Nadie es dueño de este movimiento, pero sólo podemos hacerlo JUNTOS
Respondiendo a la petición de la reportera Bisan Owda, llamamos a una huelga mundial de consumo. A partir del jueves 21 de agosto, y todos los jueves posteriores. No compres nada (ten previsión) Limita o evita el transporte público (si es inveitable compra antes los billetes). Esta huelga no incluye el trabajo, pero en la medida de lo posible considera usar días libres o festivos para reducir la producción los jueves.
Gaza llamó, el mundo debe responder:
Huelga de consumo Mundial por GAZA
Únete a la huelga el jueves 21 de agosto
La imagen es un cartel en blanco y negro en el que aparece el reportero gazatí asesinado Anas en medio de las letras que forman Gaza
Shauna GM
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Unpaid labour you are required to give your employer to keep your position is straight up exploitation. It’s very simple and should not be allowed under any circumstances. If a business or industry claims it just can’t make ends meet without exploiting its workers, then our answer should be the same as when southern plantation owners made the same ‘economic’ argument.
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-flights-sunday-1.7611078
In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Full-time junior Air Canada flight attendants currently earn $1,952 a month before taxes. That’s slightly over $12/hr. Meanwhile, Air Canada did $22 billion in revenue & $3.6 billion in EBITDA last year.
And people seriously want to blame stranded passengers on flight attendants who don’t want to work for free?
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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The right to strike is meaningless if the government orders binding arbitration and back to work every time a strike becomes ‘disruptive’ … disruption is the point of a strike - it’s how labour action works - not allowing it undermines workers.
As a result of this readiness to jump to intervention, government is encouraging CEOs to push workers toward strikes rather than negotiating in good faith.
The right to strike is meaningless if the government orders binding arbitration and back to work every time a strike becomes ‘disruptive’ … disruption is the point of a strike - it’s how labour action works - not allowing it undermines workers.
As a result of this readiness to jump to intervention, government is encouraging CEOs to push workers toward strikes rather than negotiating in good faith.
Unpaid labour you are required to give your employer to keep your position is straight up exploitation. It’s very simple and should not be allowed under any circumstances. If a business or industry claims it just can’t make ends meet without exploiting its workers, then our answer should be the same as when southern plantation owners made the same ‘economic’ argument.
Bo Hines, the nepo baby son of Todd Hines who was serving as an advisor to America’s “ #crypto czar” David Sacks, has resigned a few days after his dad Todd Hines joined the advisory board of a crypto sports gambling operation.
But it’s fine, I’m sure he won’t be profiting off of all his new contacts in the highest reaches of the American government.
#BoHines#toddHines #strike #crypto #cryptocurrency#sportsGambling #gambling#corruption #uspol #davidsacks #broligarchy #broligarchs #techfascism
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fi‘ Bo Hines & fo R @BoHines Serving in President Trump’s administration and working alongside our brilliant Al & Crypto Czar @DavidSacks as Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council has been the honor of a lifetime. Together, we have positioned America as the crypto capital of the world. I'm deeply grateful to the industry for its unwavering support — I love this community and all we’ve built together. As | return to the private sector, | look forward to continuing my support for the crypto ecosystem as it thrives here in the United States. 4:39 PM - Aug 9, 2025 - 388.7K Views
Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني
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Israeli special forces entered Handala ship carrying humanitarian aid and toys for children before reaching Gaza.
#ChristianSmalls (#US) and #HatemAouini (#Tunisia) remain in Israeli #Givon prison on their 5th day of #hunger #strike.
Take care comrades!
#HANDALA#ICOR#SOLIDARITY#Gaza#Palestine#Israel #genocide #freedom #flotilla #coalition
@palestine@a.gup.pe @israel@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml
Israeli special forces entered Handala ship carrying humanitarian aid and toys for children before reaching Gaza.
#ChristianSmalls (#US) and #HatemAouini (#Tunisia) remain in Israeli #Givon prison on their 5th day of #hunger #strike.
Take care comrades!
#HANDALA#ICOR#SOLIDARITY#Gaza#Palestine#Israel #genocide #freedom #flotilla #coalition
@palestine@a.gup.pe @israel@a.gup.pe @israel @palestine@lemmy.ml