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May 05, 2025

Today in 1937
 Lumber strike begins in Pacific Northwest, will involve 40,000 workers by the time victory is achieved after 13 weeks: union recognition, a 50-cent-per-hour minimum wage and an eight-hour day. ~ Labor Tribune

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The Indispensability of the Labor Organizer
Posted On: May 05, 2025
May 5, 2025 | ORGANIZING | If democracy in the United States is to be preserved and extended, then we need to honor those whose efforts are indispensable to building the one institution that truly stands as a bulwark against economic powerlessness and political defeat: the labor union. Labor organizers are essential to the growth of the union movement, but even more importantly, they demonstrate something at the heart of working-class life — how ideas and determination can be transformed into collective power, essential for the advancement of democracy itself, in the workplace and society at large. In These Times
 
 
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