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56. Many benefits which are being enjoyed by workers is the result of unions fighting to make work place

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 09:40 PM

Aug 2013

Safe, to get a,decent wage for its members and also worked for minimal wages for others. Health insurance and pensions was also a part of doing what an individual was unable to do alone.

I heard lots of arguments from those never associated with unions, who got their "union" education from the likes of the National Review who said unions was bad. After pointing for 25 years to my spouse why unions was good finally an admission I was right, that unions helped me and my co workers, that I also spoke to my fellow union members headed in the wrong directions and as a job steward I would not be able to erase disciplinary actions which might be dealt them. Yes, unions was important in work career and it hurts to see the gains we worked for disappear.

Some years back, Joe Beirne who was president of CWA passed away on Labor Day, what an appropriate day for one who worked tireless for Unions.

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The History of the LABOR Movement is being erased from our nation's History Books. [View all] bvar22 Aug 2013 OP

human beings have a natural sense of when they are being treated badly. They can try and erase the liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #1

It's coming theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #7

What saddens me... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #58

Thom Hartmann has been saying this for years.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #2

The Battle of Blair Mountain theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #5

I am furious that I only heard of Blair Mountain . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #19

Part of the reason for that... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #24

..... TransitJohn Aug 2013 #50

A great program at Berkeley. Wish more people were going into the labor field. nt SunSeeker Aug 2013 #69

I took my then 8 year old niece............. mrmpa Aug 2013 #60

Good on ya! theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #77

Molly Maguires IWW, UMW, Knights of Labor? Anyone, anyone. BlueManFan Aug 2013 #39

along with the era when government used to bust monopolies instead of enable them... Blue_Tires Aug 2013 #82

Yep. We need a modern-day TR. Brigid Aug 2013 #88

We definitely need to return to the monopoly busting practice. eom Blanks Aug 2013 #107

There are many sordid chapters in the history of the USA robbob Aug 2013 #106

Labor itself does not know it's own history nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #3

Our firm represents dozens of Unions nationally, yet I find many of the rank and file vote Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #84

Thanks for this post. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #4

I hear that Newest Reality Aug 2013 #6

Well, maybe that's a good thing. napoleon_in_rags Aug 2013 #8

Ha ha SalviaBlue Aug 2013 #44

People lost their lives... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #59

Maybe This Time We Won't Settle for "Better Treatment" and Continue to Cede Ownership ... HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #64

+1000 Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #72

Thanks - just read your DU Profile HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #109

Thanks! Commenting to check later. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #110

We need to go after the "History Liars" with everything we have. BlueJazz Aug 2013 #9

I agree. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #63

Host a Labor Day movie fest theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #10

You forgot Matewan... navarth Aug 2013 #22

Didn't forget theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #28

Ah! I grok. navarth Aug 2013 #32

+1 for the Heinlein reference. n/t xocet Aug 2013 #91

Post it anyway. It's important enough. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #49

I thought families could do it in their own homes theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #52

A LOT of people won't have access to them, people who need to be aware of them. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #53

Hmmm.... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #78

When the free speech fights were going on, and in other places, the Wobblies used jtuck004 Aug 2013 #96

Just watched Matewan Maynar Aug 2013 #65

The Inheritance (1964). The grand master documentary. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #36

Umm, what do you expect when Textbooks are now mostly being made by Big Corporations? AZ Progressive Aug 2013 #11

I wonder how many parents... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #13

You might find this family interesting. They took over Texas and Texas all but Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #15

Sorry I didn't mean to step on your post. Texas is ground zero for the problem!!!!! BlueManFan Aug 2013 #40

You stepped on nothing. You might have replied to the wrong reply? Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #48

You had already pointed out that Texas has national implications for textbooks BlueManFan Aug 2013 #55

Wow, how very super kind of you. Well, it's still no problem and any opportubity to both Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #62

That is why . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #12

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #14

There was never much there to begin with. When the labor movement was linked with communism, and LuckyLib Aug 2013 #16

even if they erase it warrprayer Aug 2013 #17

There will be another Blair Mountain. Brigid Aug 2013 #21

K&R Starry Messenger Aug 2013 #18

My uncle was a union organizer. Lugnut Aug 2013 #20

Good education sulphurdunn Aug 2013 #23

Yes this is so true Generic Other Aug 2013 #61

They don't send us to school to learn how to think Hydra Aug 2013 #25

What do you expect? .. with all the textbooks being published in Texas, of all places? eom 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #26

I remember learning about the new deal and labor movement in civics class sometime in the late 90's PrestonLocke Aug 2013 #27

K&R G_j Aug 2013 #29

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One film: The Inheritance. Google it. Watch it. nt Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #31

Are you talking about the 42-min. documentary from 1964? nt SunSeeker Aug 2013 #41

That's the one. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #57

It's not just labor that's been erased starroute Aug 2013 #33

There are a lot of free socialist, anarchist, and ... Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #73

How many of them are historical? starroute Aug 2013 #79

I put up info on the IWW. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #83

Also, if you are referring to Audio Books Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #86

So true. wtmusic Aug 2013 #34

According to Eric Cantor's Labor Day tweet: Jacoby365 Aug 2013 #46

Never let your schooling get in the way of your education. . . Journeyman Aug 2013 #35

In a culture where schooling has largely replaced education...mostly to keep us docile jtuck004 Aug 2013 #47

I Like to think of this as the Texas effect. Since Texas is such a huge textbook market BlueManFan Aug 2013 #37

K&R! Omaha Steve Aug 2013 #38

The winners write the history. Crow73 Aug 2013 #42

As a parent, you have to take care of things things yourself PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #43

I swear all they teach is from the Pilgrims to the Civil War. Every damn year. femmocrat Aug 2013 #45

"They WILL have to fight these same battles all over again." Don't think so. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #51

While I agree with much of what you say, bvar22 Aug 2013 #98

I'll work toward it, and be pleasantly surprised if it happens. jtuck004 Aug 2013 #101

If I may humbly chime in DonCoquixote Aug 2013 #105

I did not know the history until early 2011 CatholicEdHead Aug 2013 #54

Better buy it before the Boys do formercia Aug 2013 #93

Many benefits which are being enjoyed by workers is the result of unions fighting to make work place Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #56

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #66

Someday, maybe in about 30 to 50 years... nikto Aug 2013 #67

Psst... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #68

High School came along to sop up a lot of the children and teens out of WCGreen Aug 2013 #70

Neoliberalism/@ home in the DLC. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #71

K&R B Calm Aug 2013 #74

Nothing new- I grew up in Gastonia, in the shadow of the Loray Mill Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #75

Whoa. Never heard of this one. Brigid Aug 2013 #87

Yeah Lee-Lee Aug 2013 #102

Whaddaya expect from the publishers who zbdent Aug 2013 #76

Wayne State University Octafish Aug 2013 #80

Texas controls what is in our public-school textbooks. All about its purchasing power. WinkyDink Aug 2013 #81

I made sure to cover it when I subbed in history for a couple of days. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #85

Hope you didn't put it in a quiz... malthaussen Aug 2013 #89

No, but the history teacher teased me about it later. knitter4democracy Aug 2013 #108

USA has been "purifying" it's history for over a century. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #90

We're Number One. Jakes Progress Aug 2013 #92

I think SOME of the move toward homeschooling was really about this duhneece Aug 2013 #94

k and r--that is appalling--but not surprising. niyad Aug 2013 #95

Lost History of the Labor Movement Stainless Aug 2013 #97

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