10. The skilled artisans at Deir el-Medina working for Pharaoh Ramesses III didn't receive their wages as expected one month in 1158 BC so they walked off the job and into history what is commonly considered the first recorded labor action.
The pharaoh, a militaristic ruler who enjoyed cutting off the penises of enemy captives, scrambled to appease his workers. Why? The artisans were building his tomb.
As it turns out, ensuring that your boss can safely pass into eternal life puts you in a strong bargaining position.
I Sure Wouldn't Surrender to Ramesses. --Cooter
Showing posts with label Unions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unions. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Unions-- Part 5: Most Unionized Countries and Chicago Parade
8. The Nordic countries of Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway are five of the six MOST UNIONIZED nations in the world according to 2012 data. A whopping 82.6% of Iceland's workers are union members.
9. CHICAGO has hosted huge Labor Day parades. On September 1, 1902, more than 42,000 laborers in more than 200 unions marched in a procession that took five hours to pass the reviewing stand. Some of the unions were listed by the Chicago Tribune: gravel roofers, elevator constructors, steamfitters, boxmakers, hat finishers, soda water bottlers, chandelier makers, bakers, granite carvers, cracker packers, barbers, mosaic tile layers, longshoremen, sign painters, egg inspectors and bootblacks.
Some interesting unions.
--DaGraniteCoot
9. CHICAGO has hosted huge Labor Day parades. On September 1, 1902, more than 42,000 laborers in more than 200 unions marched in a procession that took five hours to pass the reviewing stand. Some of the unions were listed by the Chicago Tribune: gravel roofers, elevator constructors, steamfitters, boxmakers, hat finishers, soda water bottlers, chandelier makers, bakers, granite carvers, cracker packers, barbers, mosaic tile layers, longshoremen, sign painters, egg inspectors and bootblacks.
Some interesting unions.
--DaGraniteCoot
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Unions-- Part 4: The Questionable Ring and From Shakespeare to Pullman Porters
6. A Chicago union official named ANGELO INCISO was interviewed by a u.S. Senate subcommittee in the mid-1950s about why he spent $1,200 of union funds for a men's diamond ring. here is where it gets good.
The labor boss said the ring was to reward a union ally and that it would have taken too long to get approval and that the jewelry would have gone "out of style."
He also took a union-paid "goodwill tour" overseas This caused a senator to ask, "To whom were you spreading goodwill?" Inciso's answer: "Myself."
Good one Mr. Inciso.
7. Famed African-American labor leader A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH became an actor in his early twenties and played parts in Shakespeare plays. But when he wrote his parents that he had gotten a break in Harlem theater, his African Methodist Episcopal preacher father told him to forget it. And he did.
Instead, Randoloph went into politics and labor activism, eventually becoming the head of the Pullman Porters union.
--Cooter
The labor boss said the ring was to reward a union ally and that it would have taken too long to get approval and that the jewelry would have gone "out of style."
He also took a union-paid "goodwill tour" overseas This caused a senator to ask, "To whom were you spreading goodwill?" Inciso's answer: "Myself."
Good one Mr. Inciso.
7. Famed African-American labor leader A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH became an actor in his early twenties and played parts in Shakespeare plays. But when he wrote his parents that he had gotten a break in Harlem theater, his African Methodist Episcopal preacher father told him to forget it. And he did.
Instead, Randoloph went into politics and labor activism, eventually becoming the head of the Pullman Porters union.
--Cooter
Monday, August 31, 2015
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Unions-- Part 3: The Battle of Blair Mountain and Union Membership
4. Few Americans know of THE BATTLE OF BLAIR MOUNTAIN, one of the largest civil uprisings in U.S. history. In 1921, a coal-mining strike in West Virginia led to a ten-day clash pitting at least 7,000 armed miners against about 3,000 deputies, hired guns and volunteers.
Federal troops stopped the fighting after the deaths of an estimated 30-100 miners and 10-30 on the other side. The situation became so serious that bombers under Gen. Billy Mitchell were deployed. When asked how he planned to stop the miners, Mitchell said: "Gas. You understand, we wouldn't try to kill people at first. In the end, his planes performed only reconnaissance, but private aircraft did drop home-made bombs.
5. UNION MEMBERSHIP: About 11% of all American workers belonged to unions in 2014, but the percentage of public-sector employees belonging was at 35.7%. Union membership peaked in the mid-1950s but never topped 35%.
--CootStriker
Federal troops stopped the fighting after the deaths of an estimated 30-100 miners and 10-30 on the other side. The situation became so serious that bombers under Gen. Billy Mitchell were deployed. When asked how he planned to stop the miners, Mitchell said: "Gas. You understand, we wouldn't try to kill people at first. In the end, his planes performed only reconnaissance, but private aircraft did drop home-made bombs.
5. UNION MEMBERSHIP: About 11% of all American workers belonged to unions in 2014, but the percentage of public-sector employees belonging was at 35.7%. Union membership peaked in the mid-1950s but never topped 35%.
--CootStriker
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Ten Things You Might Not Know About Unions-- Part 2: Satan Made Me Do It
2. The Airline Pilots Association reached an agreement with National Airlines in the late 1940s after airline executive Ted Baker attended a religious retreat and called the pilots to ask for forgiveness saying that he had been under the influence of SATAN. If only it was that easy. Flip would be so proud.
3. The "YES WE CAN" slogan from Obama's 2008 campaign was not original. Obama had used it in 2004 during his run for U.S. senate in Illinois. But it had been used 30 years earlier by the United farm Workers union as coined by co-founder Dolores Huerta as well as Cesar Chavez's hunger strike in Arizona in 1972.
--CooterCan
3. The "YES WE CAN" slogan from Obama's 2008 campaign was not original. Obama had used it in 2004 during his run for U.S. senate in Illinois. But it had been used 30 years earlier by the United farm Workers union as coined by co-founder Dolores Huerta as well as Cesar Chavez's hunger strike in Arizona in 1972.
--CooterCan
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
History of the National Education Association
Today, I went to Springfield, Illinois, to participate in a rally to Save Our State which attracted around 15,000 for a speeches and a march around the state capitol building to show concern over the state's budget crisis.
I went as part of the IEA, Illinois Education Association, a part of the NEA, National Education Association.
In keeping with a history theme, I'll take a look back at the NEAs history.
It started back in 1857, when 43 educators met in Philadelphia to unite in voice in support of education across the United States which was really hot or miss back then. For most children reading and writing was a luxury and for slave children, even a crime.
The present name was adopted in 1870 and the group chartered by Congress in 1906. In the 1960s, the NEA adopted union activities to further education.
Four years before the Civil War, the NEA began accepting black members and in 1966, it joined the largely black American Teachers Association.
In 2007, at the 1550th anniversary of the organization, membership stood at 3.2 million.
Quite a History. --Cooter
I went as part of the IEA, Illinois Education Association, a part of the NEA, National Education Association.
In keeping with a history theme, I'll take a look back at the NEAs history.
It started back in 1857, when 43 educators met in Philadelphia to unite in voice in support of education across the United States which was really hot or miss back then. For most children reading and writing was a luxury and for slave children, even a crime.
The present name was adopted in 1870 and the group chartered by Congress in 1906. In the 1960s, the NEA adopted union activities to further education.
Four years before the Civil War, the NEA began accepting black members and in 1966, it joined the largely black American Teachers Association.
In 2007, at the 1550th anniversary of the organization, membership stood at 3.2 million.
Quite a History. --Cooter
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