Labor/union history tainted by racism

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Labor/union history tainted by racism

Reflections on both the towering triumphs and embarrassing failures of a trade union movement.

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Seattle Civic Unity Committee

The Seattle Civic Unity Committee was formed by Seattle Mayor William F. Devin in 1944 in response to rising racial tension in the city. During World War II Seattle, like other west coast cities, received an influx of African Americans raising its black population from 3,789 in 1940 to over 10,000

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Source: Black Past

Angola police accused of shooting dead union official

An Angolan trade union on Tuesday accused the police of shooting dead one of their senior officials and his neighbour in front of his home in the

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Malawi: Employer's Consultative Association of Malawi Supports Deduction of Wages of Workers On Strike

[Nyasa Times] Tonse Alliance government's stand to amend the Labour Relations laws continues to attract mixed reactions with the Employer's Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM) supporting the contentious proposal that will mandate employers to deduct wages of an employee on strike.

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(1947) Moranda Smith Addresses The Congress Of Industrial Organizations Annual Convention, Boston

After World War II organized labor began to penetrate into some industrialized areas of the South where it inevitably confronted the issue of race. Unions such as the Food and Tobacco Workers affiliated with The Congress of Industrial Organizations, promoted racial integration and helped develop

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Oct

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1947

In Dec. 2003 President Conté was reelected to a third term. In April 2004, after two months on the job, Prime Minister Lonseny Fall resigned and went into exile, claiming that the president would not allow him to govern effectively. President Conté is in poor health, and many fear a power struggle

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Poor People’s Campaign to move forward virtually after 57 years

Labor unions, religious organizations, faith and civic rights leaders, The Women’s March and numerous celebrities will gather virtually Saturday (June 20) for “The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Kenya: We Will Not Be Cowed, Nurses Vow As Strike Enters Day 37

[Nation] Nurses have vowed to press on with their strike until their grievances are fully addressed, brushing aside governors' threats to sack them.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Townsend, Willard S. (1895-1957)

African American labor leader Willard S. Townsend was born on December 4, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Willard and Cora Elizabeth Townsend. In 1938 he organized railway workers of several Chicago, Illinois stations to form the International Brotherhood of Redcaps and remained the union’s president

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Feb

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1957

Nigerian nationalism

Nigerian nationalism asserts that Nigerians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Nigerians.[1] [2] Nigerian nationalism is a territorial nationalism, emphasizing a cultural connection of the people to the land — in particular the Niger and Benue rivers.[3] It first emerged in the 1920s

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1923

Smith, E. June (1900-1982)

E. June Smith, a prominent leader in Seattle’s civil rights movement, was born in Cairo, Illinois in 1900 and worked as a secretary in St. Louis. Smith came to Seattle with her husband Roscoe O. Smith, a railroad porter, in 1941. Soon after her arrival, she worked as an insurance agent and, in

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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226

In February 2008, the Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226 emerged on the national political scene with their high profile endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama. The union itself has a much older history that goes back to the late 1940s and is tied to the aspirations of

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Nehawu threaten national strike should list of demands not be met

Nehawu marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday 3 September to hand over a list of demands for healthcare workers.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Question marks over NWU delegates selection in PNP race

A veil of secrecy clouds the criteria used by the National Workers’ Union (NWU) to confer voting rights on dozens of persons to elect the next president of the opposition People’s National Party (PNP). Approximately 3,400 delegates, drawn from the...

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Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba , in full Patrice Hemery Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 1961, Katanga province), African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960). Forced

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Nigerian doctors begin strike over pay, facilities | News24

Nigerian doctors in state-run hospitals began an indefinite strike on Monday to demand a pay rise, better welfare and adequate facilities, union leaders said.

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International Firefighters' Day: City of Cape Town hits back at Samwu over 'enslaved' workers claim | News24

The South African Municipal Workers' Union has ripped into the City of Cape Town, accusing it of "enslaving" firefighters.

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The Gantt Report: Protest Pimps

The people in Black communities that are hurting and mourning are not impressed by protest clowns that come to town to deliver phillipic rants and raves that were choreographed and orchestrated by red necks, hillbillys, conservatives and closet

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Source: The Florida Star

Ousmane Sembène

Sembène spent his early years as a fisherman on the Casamance coast. He studied at the School of Ceramics at Marsassoum and then moved to Dakar, where he worked as a bricklayer, plumber, and apprentice mechanic until he was drafted into the French army in 1939. In 1942, during World War II, he

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The Labor Movement Faces A Reckoning Over Police Unions

According to the AFL-CIO constitution, ejecting a member union would require an investigation and vote by its executive council, which includes the federation’s top officers and representatives from the 55 member

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Nigeria: ASUU Accuses Govt of Victimisation Over Unpaid Salaries

[Leadership] Ibadan -- The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government and the office of the Accountant General of the Federation of victimising her members through refusal to pay them salaries running between two to 10 months despite suspending the strike on "no

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Federalized Assembly Bill 5 must be defeated - L.A. Focus News

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 225 to 206 to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act or PRO Act. The union-backed bill seeks to trample over states with right-to-work laws protecting the rights of workers to opt out of joining and paying into unions if they don’t want to join

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Rapier, James Thomas (1837-1883)

James Thomas Rapier was a Republican representative from the state of Alabama elected to the 43rd United States Congress. Rapier was born on November 13, 1837 in Florence, Alabama and attended high school in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1856 at the age of 19 he traveled to attend the King School in

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May

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1883

CHRR fears Tonse Alliance Govt bent on thwarting workers’ rights through proposed amendments to Labour Relations Act

Malawi’s one of the longest human rights watchdogs, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), has expressed fear that the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act could result into violation of workers’ rights. Today in Parliament, the Deputy Minister of Labour, Vera

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy

The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and

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Employer's Consultative Association of Malawi supports deduction of wages of workers on strike

Tonse Alliance government's stand to amend the Labour Relations laws continues to attract mixed reactions with the Employer's Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM) supporting the contentious proposal that will mandate employers to deduct wages of an employee on strike. The Industrial Relations

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Source: Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

J’can employee accuses Japanese embassy of unfair treatment

A Jamaican who was formerly employed to the Embassy of Japan in Kingston is seeking redress for the “unfair treatment” meted out to them by the embassy. The accusation came after the local employee was said to be “unfairly terminated” in February...

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Massive savings for 2-in-1 election

TAXPAYERS COULD see a huge windfall of nearly $750 million if Jamaica holds both the local government and general elections

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News You Ought to Know

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has banned a man who was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a face covering, among the first such incidents since airlines promised to step up enforcement of their mask

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Central Contractors Association

In 1969, Walter Hundley, director of the Seattle Model Cities Program, encouraged local black independent contractors to organize in an effort to gain lucrative building construction contracts that required minority participation. When the contractors responded, they selected Tyree Scott, an

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Gov't urged to show seriousness by ratifying ILO convention

Veteran trade unionist Danny Roberts has called on the Government to swiftly ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention to end violence and harassment in the workplace, as a further demonstration of Jamaica's commitment to the global anti-sexual harassment

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