Calling all artists! We’re looking for shareable art like the image below, which was created for striking Black Friday Walmart workers last year, to support the OUR Walmart members and associates out on strike and on the Ride for Respect caravans.
Today in labor history, May 30, 1937: In what would become known as the Memorial Day Massacre, police open fire on striking steelworkers, their families, and supporters who were marching to the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago to set up a picket line. The police killed ten people and pursued those fleeing the attack, wounding many more; no one was ever prosecuted.
"I started here in 2010, and I haven’t seen a raise since I got here,” Anthony Wendlberger, a kitchen worker at AT&T Park said. “We’re not asking for an extravagant lifestyle. Just the basics. And a little respect."
Did you know lunch ladies not only serve food, but they also serve up some superhero powers? It’s true! Every lunch lady in every school is a superhero! Join us in saying happy School Lunch Superhero Day!
Did you know that today is national School Lunch Superhero Day? That’s right! Cafeteria workers serve up lunches to nourish minds and bodies of students in schools across the country. Join us in saying thank you to the workers and learn more about their fight to serve REAL food that is healthy and delicious for students at http://realfoodrealjobs.org
WNYC’s Reema Khrais snapped this photo of Building crews hoisted the last pieces of a 408-foot spire Thursday morning to the roof of One World Trade Center. MORE