#Unionism

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about how the labor movement finally moved

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s13GES

The thread is interesting, although I must say that past governments are run through the lense of party politics. People in charge have this lense and are elected into power

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: February 8, 1887. President Cleveland signs the Dawes Act, splitting up Indian reservations in order to create individual parcels of land and then sell the

Arwyn

Anianegwr

Thread I've been pro #indyWales for more than 30 years. I've always favoured progressive liberal policies. Over the years I've come to see how class & entrenched priviledge forged the

Labour for IndyWales

Lab4IndyWales

Okay, here we go.A response to Keir Starmer's speech on the future of devolution in the UK.THREAD. [1/25] First of all, the stark difference between where the debate actually is

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: January 29, 1834. President Andrew Jackson orders the U.S. military to suppress workers attacking each other over scarce jobs along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: November 27, 1937. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) debuted its play “Pins and Needles,” which would become the longest running musical of the

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: August 22, 1945. Five airline stewardesses, as they were then called, formed the Air Line Stewardesses Association. Let's talk about the development of unionism for

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 5, 1894. Alabama repealed its child labor law in order to convince the Dwight Manufacturing Company, a textile corporation, to move its mill operations

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: July 27, 1989. Workers at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, rejected United Auto Workers representation by a 2-1 margin. Let's talk about the incredible

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: June 26, 1894. The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, called for a boycott in solidarity with striking workers at Pullman, Illinois. Let's talk

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 30, 1900. Advisors from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, the college run by Booker T. Washington, arrived in Togo to help German colonialists institute a

Laptop Zen

LaptopZen

What if I told you there is a communist revolution underway in America? What if I told you Antifa is leaderless, and isn't a group but an ideology? What if

C.S. Blennerhassett

CSBlenner

Holding the Catalan elections on Valentine’s Day in the middle of a pandemic is proving to be controversial. The big picture is whether pro-independence parties can hold on to power

The White Wolf

Maq_one

I'm finally doing a thread on the dispute concerning Jammu and Kashmir. So, here it is.Firstly, a little background. Buddhism and then animism flourished in the region.Later, a revered Sufi

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