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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:10 PM Original message |
A short rant : People have died for worker rights. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Beautiful rant, Bosso! And you're soooo right about that! |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Also, May Day. |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I will check it out, thanks. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Thanks to the person who opened this thread. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. How true!!!! K&R |
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Graybeard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is not a rant but a tribute... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. My dad was a United Steel Workers Union Member and I remember |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Links on the Chain" |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Phil Ochs' s short version of Zinn's "People's History of the USA" |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. WORKING CLASS HERO by John Lennon... |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here! Here! n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I want a poster showing some of the other heroes who fought for |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hell yeah. - n/t |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Republicans... AND "Democrats"!!! |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes they have. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think about that every single day. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Labor consciousness in this country is dead, murdered bit by bit, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. My grandfather was a molly mc Guire |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. Unions gave us the 40 hour week. What did management ever give ... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Asbestosis? Black-lung? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Unions gave us employer-provided health insurance too |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. Error: You've already recommended that thread. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. who remembers the sacrifices |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. All true, thank you Bosso |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
26. meet a nasty fascist |
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Ezekiel in Exile (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. What happens without unions? |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Hi Ezekiel in Exile!! |
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Ezekiel in Exile (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-26-06 04:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Thanks for the welcome. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Once we have taken whatever we end up with after the elections, |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. A history suppressed, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. They do, and why not? They have only heard one side of the story for |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. Worse Than Union Busting |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. Damn straight! |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. People died in WWII to keep those hard won rights too. |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree. |
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PuraVidaDreamin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. UMass RN's are headed to the picket lines tomorrow |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. And the DLC, and DLCers, are for worker rights-destroying NAFTA/CAFTA. |
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civildisoBDence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. Laborers are a dime a dozen |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. Just because people have died for something doesn't mean it's good. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. My Great Grandparents were involved in the "Bread and Roses" strike,1912. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. wow - nice. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. Great Post-Recommended! |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. even more: Walter Reuther was fighting for universal pensions and |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. A Few Examples of Working Conditions During the '30s |
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