#labormovement — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #labormovement, aggregated by home.social.
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Joe Hill moved to America from Sweden at age 23 in 1902. He worked as a traveling day laborer, taught himself English, and preceded to write PROTEST SONGS SO SCATHING AND EFFECTIVE that copper magnates had him tried on false charges and killed only 4 years into his songwriting career. His final words were "Don't mourn. Organize" And people did.
We gotta do better here, folks. And not with no AI generation. Pen to paper. Let's go!
#IWW #protestsongs #joehill #anarchisthistory #labormovement
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Garment Workers Convention July 20th 2025
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/garment-workers-to-hold-convention-on-july-20-to-demand-fair-wages-and-safe-working-conditions/article69827637.eceGATWU fights for living wages, better working conditions, safe and harassment-free working environments, our freedom of association can only be won through grassroots unions that are led by the workers themselves.
https://gatwu.wordpress.com/#GarmentWorkers #india #laborMovement #organize #solidarity #unions
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Interview: Garment Workers Los Angeles
https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-raids-garment-workers-los-angelesGarment Worker Center
https://garmentworkercenter.org/
(213) 748-5866
or gwc@garmentworkercenter.org#GarmentWorkers #LaborMovement #LosAngeles #migrantworkers #Organize #solidarity #unions
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Do you see us now, #Nike ?
“We are #garmentworkers standing together to demand wage increases and human rights protections in Nike's supply chain.”
Asia Floor Wage Alliance
https://asia.floorwage.org/Fight The Heist
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Shirtwaist Strike 1909
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/shirtwaist-strike-1909-10/General Strike 1910
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/general-strike-of-1910/#labormovement #organize #garmentworkers #solidarity #unions
#Philadelphia #Shirtwaist #strike #workingclasshistory #generalstrike -
Canadian Labour International Film Festival
The Canadian Dream, about the struggles of #migrantworkers in Canada,
Adidas Owns the Reality, a spoof of #Adidas in solidarity with Cambodian #garmentworkers, are the winners of the 2024 #LabourStart Prize. -
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
https://depts.washington.edu/moves/CIO_ACWA_locals.shtml#garmentworkers #labormovement #organize #unions #ACWA
Sidney Hillman organizer https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/sidney-hillman
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The Amalgam: An Immigrant, His Labor Union, and His American Family in Brooklyn - By Frances Jetter
https://progressive.org/latest/stitching-together-family-and-activism-in-a-graphic-history-buhle-20241018/#art #illustration #comics #graphicnovels
Garment Workers Unions
https://guides.loc.gov/organized-labor/garment-workers
#GarmentWorkers #Labormovement #organize #unions