Hello brothers and sisters,
I am writing you as a member of the Mother Jones Museum events committee in Mt. Olive Illinois. United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts will be laying wreaths at the graves of the legendary Irish born labor agitator Mother Jones, stellar former...
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Working Hard, Hardly Working
In the last forty-five years, American economic productivity has gone through the roof while hourly wages have stagnated. Higher productivity means more wealth, of course, but workers aren’t seeing a proportional cut of that wealth — executives and shareholders are keeping it for themselves. The fact that...
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Salute to Women in Construction
https://youtu.be/1x4JEsCwgKo...
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Sign and send a message to Congress: Stop Donald Trump’s Tip Theft Attempt
In December 2017, Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced a new proposed regulation (aka rule) to allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped workers. This would result in an estimated $5.8 billion in lost wages for workers each year―wages that they rightfully earned.
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