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Working Class History📣 New Podcast! "5 July 1777: Scab first used in print" on @Spreaker <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-july-1777-scab-first-used-in-print--66871181" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-july-1777-scab-first-used-in-print--66871181</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History July 3, 1936: Striking workers battled scabs and undercover cops outside the Remington Rand plant in Norwood, Ohio. The riot last four days, as the company repeatedly tried to bring in scabs on buses, without uniformed police protection, in hopes of provoking violence they could exploit to discredit the union. On July 7, strikers boarded the buses and drove off the scabs. On August 12, police shot 2 Remington Rand workers in Syracuse, NY, provoking the governor to threaten calling in the National Guard. Much of the violence in this strike was instigated by undercover cops, posing as scabs. The strike had begun in May and lasted through April of 1937. During the strike, company president James Rand, Jr. devised the "Mohawk Valley formula" a corporate plan for strikebreaking that was utilized by many corporations since. The plan included strategies for discrediting union leaders, frightening the public with threats of violence, use of local cops and vigilantes to intimidate and bully the strikers, puppet organizations composed of of "loyal employees" to influence public debate, fortified workplaces, the hiring of strikebreakers, and threats to close the plant and ruin the local economy if work was not promptly resumed. One example from this formula was when Rand lied to the media that the strike was over. This led to an uproar amongst the rand and file, who accused union leadership of selling them out. In another dirty trick, the company told the picketers that many of their fellow workers had decided to come back to work. They had 85 security guards dress up as workers and armed them with bricks and clubs. When they “came back to work,” picketers attacked them. The media photographed and printed images of these “labor goons’” unprovoked attack on “honest working men.” <a href="https://youtu.be/IDdYlHV64rs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IDdYlHV64rs</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/remingtonrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remingtonrand</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nationalguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nationalguard</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/syracuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#syracuse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ohio</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Riot</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vigilante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vigilante</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fakenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fakenews</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History June 8, 1904: A battle between the Colorado state militia and striking miners occurred in Dunnville, Colorado. As a result, six union members died and 15 were taken prisoner. The authorities deported 79 of the strikers to Kansas. Most of this was done under the auspices of Rockefeller, who effectively owned the state government and militia. This incident occurred during the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903-1904. Big Bill Haywood and the Western Federation of Labor (WFM) led the strikes. However, they were violently suppressed by Pinkerton and Baldwin-Felts detectives, local cops and militias. Scholars have said “There is no episode in American labor history in which violence was as systematically used by employers as in the Colorado labor war of 1903 and 1904.” James McParland ran the Pinkerton agency in Denver. He had served as an agent provocateur in the Pennsylvania miners’ union in the 1870s. The state convicted and executed 20 innocent Irish coal miners because of his false testimony. (I depict that story in my novel, “Anywhere But Schuylkill.”) McParland also tried to sabotage the WFM, in Colorado, by placing spies and agents provocateur within the union. And he unsuccessfully tried to get Big Bill Haywood convicted for murdering former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. Haywood was innocent.You can read more on the Pinkertons here: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/</a>You can pick up my novel here: <a href="https://www.keplers.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.keplers.com/</a> <a href="https://www.greenapplebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.greenapplebooks.com/</a> <a href="https://christophersbooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://christophersbooks.com/</a> <a href="https://boundtogether.org//" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://boundtogether.org//</a> <a href="https://www.historiumpress.com/michael-dunn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.historiumpress.com/michael-dunn</a>Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colorado</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/laborwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laborwars</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bigbillhaywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigbillhaywood</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wfm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wfm</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pinkertons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pinkertons</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jamesmcparland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jamesmcparland</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnywhereButSchuylkill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnywhereButSchuylkill</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History June 3, 1913: IWW Marine Transport Workers Union in New Orleans continued their strike against United Fruit Company (now known as Chiquita) after wages were cut by five dollars per month. The strike, which started on June 2, turned deadly on June 13, when police opened fire on strikers trying to stop scabs from loading a ship, killing two of them. The IWW lost this strike. However, they were highly successful in other longshore strikes up and down the Eastern Seaboard. At this time, the IWW controlled all but 2 of the Philadelphia docks. Their multiracial union was led by Ben Fletcher, an African-American docker. Fletcher was also instrumental in organizing the Baltimore dockers. You can read my longer article about Ben Fletcher here: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/05/13/ben-fletcher-and-the-iww-dockers/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wobblies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wobblies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neworleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neworleans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philadelphia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policemurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policemurder</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antiracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antiracism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 5, 1931: The Infamous Battle of Harlan County, Kentucky occurred. Also known as the Battle of Evarts, the strike began in response to wage cuts implemented in February. On May 5, a scab accosted a union worker, resulting in three deaths. Governor Flem Sampson called in the National Guard, which killed several more union miners. The Harlan County class war was the inspiration for Florence Reece's famous union song "Which Side Are You On?" The strike continued for years, with the miners finally winning in 1940. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFY8CwAKU0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFY8CwAKU0</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/florencereece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#florencereece</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhichSideAreYouOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhichSideAreYouOn</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#massacre</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/harlancounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#harlancounty</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kentucky</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coal</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classwar</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History March 17, 1966: 100 striking Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers marched from Delano, California to Sacramento to pressure the growers and the state government to answer their demands for better working conditions and higher wages, which were, at the time, below the federal minimum wage. By the time the marchers arrived, on Easter Sunday, April 11, the crowd had grown to 10,000 protesters and their supporters. A few months later, the two unions that represented them, the National Farm Workers Association, led by César Chávez, and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, joined to form the United Farm Workers. The strike was launched on September 8, 1965, by Filipino grape pickers. Mexicans were initially hired as scabs. So, Filipino strike leader Larry Itliong approached Cesar Chavez to get the support of the National Farm Workers Association, and on September 16, 1965, the Mexican farm workers joined the strike. During the strike, the growers and their vigilantes would physically assault the workers and drive their cars and trucks into the picket lines. They also sprayed strikers with pesticides. The strikers persevered nonviolently. They went to the Oakland docks and convinced the longshore workers to support them by refusing to load grapes. This resulted in the spoilage of 1,000 ten-ton cases of grapes. The success of this tactic led to the decision to launch a national grape boycott, which would ultimately help them win the struggle against the growers.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cesarchavez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cesarchavez</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ufw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ufw</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/delano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delano</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grapestrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grapestrike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mexican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mexican</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/filipino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#filipino</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boycott</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farmworkers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vigilantes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vigilantes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/larryitliong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#larryitliong</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sacramento" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sacramento</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History March 2, 1990: Over 6,000 bus drivers went on strike against Greyhound Lines. The company declared an “impasse” in negotiations and fired nearly every one of the drivers, who they replaced with scabs. During the strike, there were numerous reports of sniping incidents, with unknown assailants shooting at, or into, Greyhound buses that were being driven by scabs. The bosses, to no ones surprise, blamed the union leaders for orchestrating the shootings.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greyhound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greyhound</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bus</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shooting</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History February 26, 1941: 14,000 workers struck at Bethlehem Steel’s Lackawanna mill in Buffalo, New York. As a defense contractor, the company had $1.5 billion worth of armament orders, but refused to pay the minimum wage mandated for government contracts. Furthermore, they had recently fired 1,000 workers, blaming their last work stoppage for damaging some coke ovens. The pickets effectively stopped scabs from getting in. After less than 2 days, the company agreed to rehire the fired men and began talks on a raise and union recognition. However, a month later, they reneged.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bethlehem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bethlehem</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#steel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/minimumwage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minimumwage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wwii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wwii</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/buffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buffalo</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wages</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History February 14, 1949: Canadian asbestos workers began a six-month strike. It also marked the beginning of the Quiet Revolution, a period of intense socio-political change in Quebec. The strike began at midnight on February 14, when miners walked off the job at four asbestos mines. Most of the mines were owned by American or English-Canadian companies, but most of the workers were francophones. The largest company was the American Johns-Manville firm. The workers’ demands included the elimination of asbestos dust inside and outside of the mill and a small raise. Six weeks into the strike, Johns-Manville hired scabs to keep the mines open. 5,000 strikers attacked the scabs, destroying their property and intimidating them through force. Miners and police fought on the picket line. They arrested hundreds of miners. On March 14, someone blew up a part of a railroad track leading into the Johns-Manville property. On May 5, the strikers barricaded a mine and every road into and out of town. They only backed down when the police pledged to open fire on them. The next day, the police beat miners and began mass-arresting them. This intimidated the union leadership to the point that they gave in and agreed to return to work with few gains. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asbestos</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quebec</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mining</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History January 23, 1913: Joe Hill's song "Mr. Block" first appeared in the Wobbly (IWW) newspaper the "Industrial Worker." Mr. Block (by Joe Hill) 1. Please give me your attention, I'll introduce to you A man who is a credit to the old Red White and Blue His head is made of lumber and solid as a rock He is a common worker and his name is Mr. Block And Block thinks he may be President some dayChorus Oh Mr. Block, you were born by mistake You take the cake, you make me ache [Go] tie a rock on your block and then jump in the lake Kindly do that for Liberty's sake!2. Yes, Mr. Block is lucky - he got a job, by gee! The shark got seven dollars for job and fare and fee They shipped him to a desert and dumped him with his truck But when he tried to find his job he sure was out of luck He shouted, "That's too raw! I'll fix them with the law!"3. Block hiked back to the city but wasn't doing well He said "I'll join the union, the great AF of L". He got a job that morning, got fired by the night He said, "I'll see Sam Gompers and he'll fix that foreman right!" Sam Gompers said, "You see, you've got our sympathy."4. Election day he shouted, "A Socialist for Mayor!" The comrade got elected [and] he happy was for fair But after the election he got an awful shock [When] a great big socialistic bull did rap him on the block And Comrade Block did sob, "I helped him get his job!"5. Poor Block he died one evening, I'm very glad to state He climbed the golden ladder up to the pearly gate He said, "Oh Mister Peter, one thing I'd like to tell I'd like to meet the Astorbilts and John D Rockerfell!" Old Pete said, "Is that so? You'll meet them down below!"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wqEhj73urg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wqEhj73urg</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IWW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/joehill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#joehill</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mrblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mrblock</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History January 12, 1876: Working class novelist Jack London was born. As a kid, he was an oyster pirate in Oakland, along the shores of the San Francisco Bay. As a young man, he became a hobo, riding the rails from town to town, looking for handouts and sometimes work. He wrote about these experiences in his short novel, “The Road.” He was also a lifelong alcoholic, which contributed to his early death. In his novel, “John Barleycorn,” he wrote about both his alcoholism and his experiences as a laborer in numerous low-paid, backbreaking jobs. He was also a socialist and a champion of unions and working-class activism. With respect to strikebreakers, he famously wrote: "After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a cork-screw soul, a water-logged brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles." London was also one of the first Haoles (non-Native Hawaiian, or white person) to learn how to surf in Hawaii.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jacklondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jacklondon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hawaii</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/surfing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surfing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alcoholism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alcoholism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oakland</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pirate</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History January 5, 1869: Isaac Meyers and Frederick Douglass organized the First U.S. National Colored Convention. At the convention, they created the Colored National Labor Union. At the time, white unions routinely refused to accept African American members or to show solidarity with black workers. Additionally, employers often hired black scabs during strikes by white unions, while the KKK often recruited within white unions, exacerbating mistrust. Over time, the union became more and more political (much like most modern unions), until it became a de facto branch of the Republican Party (which in those days was known as the party of abolition).<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/frederickdouglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frederickdouglass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/kkk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kkk</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#republican</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a>

Legion<a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidsirota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@davidsirota</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a>

Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠Woolworths wins Fair Work Commission bid against United Workers Union <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/woolworths-lawyer-accuses-union-of-metaphorical-gun/104692632" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/woolworths-lawyer-accuses-union-of-metaphorical-gun/104692632</a>This is grim news for Woolies workers.And, it sets a bad precedent. Other large retailers with distribution centres around Australia will be looking at this news and thinking they can screw their workers the same way and not face a picket-line outside their warehouses.It's also worth noting that the Fair Work Commission has been stacked by LNP cronies over the last few years when the LNP were in government and had power over appointments. I'm sure many people at the Fair Work Commission try to be impartial, but it shouldn't come as a surprise when they sometimes make decisions that favour big business. The LNP has a long history of undermining "independent umpires" -- workers at Woolies and the United Workers Union are not on a level playing field.The good news is that the United Workers Union is likely lodge an appeal, so they're still in with a fight.My personal boycott of Woolies remains in place -- my partner & I are instead shopping at other supermarkets and local grocers, and we're thinking of making the boycott permanent. I suggest you show solidarity with the workers and boycott Woolies.<a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/BoycottWoolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoycottWoolies</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scab</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/StrikeBreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrikeBreaking</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Woolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolies</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolworths</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unions</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/UnitedWorkersUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedWorkersUnion</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/PayYourWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayYourWorkers</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/IndustrialAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndustrialAction</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WooliesStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WooliesStrike</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WooliesOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WooliesOnline</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/FairWorkCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairWorkCommission</a>

Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠'We're deeply sorry': Woolworths CEO lies to customers about bare shelves as she vows to screw-over workers (fixed the headline for you) <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-strike-ceo-amanda-bardwell-doesnt-know-when-shelves-will-be-restocked/ef4bdd69-fe1d-42be-8729-cf82bc69be2b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-strike-ceo-amanda-bardwell-doesnt-know-when-shelves-will-be-restocked/ef4bdd69-fe1d-42be-8729-cf82bc69be2b</a>Woolworths CEO Amanda Bardwell could end the strike any time she wants. She could get the workers back to work and have supermarket shelves restocked quickly. Instead, she's choosing to prolong the industrial action, further emperil negotiations with workers, and inconvenience customers across Victoria, NSW, and the ACT.<a href="https://rants.au/tags/BoycottWoolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoycottWoolies</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scab</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/StrikeBreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrikeBreaking</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Woolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolies</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolworths</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unions</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/PayYourWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayYourWorkers</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/IndustrialAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndustrialAction</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WooliesStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WooliesStrike</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WooliesOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WooliesOnline</a>

Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠Woolworths says ongoing strike has already cost it $50 million in lost food sales <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-strike-grocery-giant-lodges-application-to-stop-union-workers-blocking-access-to-distribution-centres/ca95e872-3808-4e6b-ad1a-f3f7fd135fb1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.9news.com.au/national/woolworths-strike-grocery-giant-lodges-application-to-stop-union-workers-blocking-access-to-distribution-centres/ca95e872-3808-4e6b-ad1a-f3f7fd135fb1</a>Suck shit, Woolies — you should have negotiated in good faith with the unions and offered your workers reasonable pay and conditions.Can you imagine how much better the outcome would have been for everyone if Woolies had put that $50 Million into workers' pay-packets instead of attempting to break the strike with scab labour?<a href="https://rants.au/tags/BoycottWoolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoycottWoolies</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scab</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/StrikeBreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StrikeBreaking</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Woolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolies</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolworths</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unions</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/PayYourWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PayYourWorkers</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/IndustrialAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndustrialAction</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WooliesStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WooliesStrike</a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/WooliesOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WooliesOnline</a>

Peter Riley<a href="https://union.place/@tim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tim</a> Stop <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strikebreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strikebreaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> labour<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woolworths</a> Melbourne South Regional Distribution Centre 2 Portlink Drive in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dandenong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dandenong</a> South <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Picket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Picket</a> line 4.30am 2nd of December 2024 access Portlink drive via the Western Port Highway (there's no access via Taylor's Road)One day longer, one day stronger. The workers' united, will never be defeated.Media <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/woolworths-picket-line-dandenong/104671212" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/woolworths-picket-line-dandenong/104671212</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dandenong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dandenong</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woolworths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woolworths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovementn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labormovementn</a>#warehouseworkers <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#organize</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picketline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#picketline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Strike</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UWU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UWU</a>

contranymwhen i was searching for a good vid of this, i found this article from last year lmao<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/new-zealand-parliament-maori-tribute-king-charles-translation-issue-te-pati-maori-skin-rash" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/new-zealand-parliament-maori-tribute-king-charles-translation-issue-te-pati-maori-skin-rash</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/princecharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#princecharles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maori</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonizers</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:The NewsGuild's president says Vance should know better than to write for a publication whose workers are on strike.JD Vance Is A ‘Scab’ For Crossing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line: Union <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-scab-pittsburgh-post-gazette_n_671a61a8e4b0ede6b2c075a0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-vance-scab-pittsburgh-post-gazette_n_671a61a8e4b0ede6b2c075a0</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoteBlueForLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VoteBlueForLabor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnionStrong</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoRepublicansEverAgain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pittsburgh</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PostGazette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PostGazette</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scab</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BJCouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BJCouch</a>

@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differently<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TFG</a> is a known <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/scab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scab</a> with a history of this in court.<a href="https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-a-scab-uaw-president-says-trump-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-working-class-people-220988997686" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/-a-scab-uaw-president-says-trump-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-working-class-people-220988997686</a>

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