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  1. Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

    Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,

    Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

    Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,

    Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.

    #LaborMovement #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory

  2. Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

    Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,

    Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

    Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,

    Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.

    #LaborMovement #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory

  3. Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

    Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,

    Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

    Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,

    Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.

    #LaborMovement #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory

  4. Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

    Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,

    Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

    Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,

    Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.

    #LaborMovement #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory

  5. Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

    Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,

    Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

    Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,

    Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.

    #LaborMovement #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory

  6. RWU Announces Defense Campaign For Fired Rail Worker

    Railroad Workers United (RWU) is initiating a public defense campaign for the unjustly dismissed locomotive engineer, Michael “Paul” Lindsey II.

    popularresistance.org/rwu-anno
    #USnews #RWU #union #labor #WorkersRights #Railroad #RailroadWorkers

  7. "At a moment when the railroad workers had maximum power in relation to the supply chain and the need for their essential work, the White House and the Democratic and the Republican Party leadership put their fingers on the scale and tipped it in favor of corporate America at the expense of the workers and human decency."

    Postal Worker Union Statement in #solidarity with #RailroadWorkers
    #PaidSickLeave

    apwu.org/news/statement-apwu-p

    #APWU

  8. She thinks if I hit the arrow, that means it's time for a #dog treat.
    Her idea of
    #FollowFriday
    #DogsofMastodon
    #guitar
    #trains
    And a shoutout to our #RailRoadworkers.
    Image description: (David Attenborough voice: Adorable #pitbull who is

    * Queen of the Railyard *

    reclining in expectation of consideration in the form of #dogtreats

    Image: In the foreground, a guitar. In the background, a train. Her tongue is hanging out as she casts her gaze @ distance.

    #RailStrike #RailroadStrike

  9. "Protestors, holding signs bedecked with messages like “striking is a human right” and “please support sick days for workers” chanted “paid leave now” outside the museum, where Biden was meeting with Prince William as part of William’s three-day visit to Boston."
    #1u #railworkers #railroad #biden #prince #railroadworkers #RWU #BostonDSA #bospoli
    bostonglobe.com/2022/12/02/bus