Tuesday, September 10, 2019

In Honor Of The King Of The Folk-Singing Hard-Living Hobos The Late Utah Phillips -From The Archives- *Labor's Untold Story-From The Pages Of History- What A Militant Trade Union Should Look Like-The Western Federation Of Miners.

Click on title to link to Wikipedia's entry for the Western Federation of Miners. For those who do not know that is "Big Bill" Haywood's old union. Also of heroic IWW labor organizer Vincent St.John. And a central organization in the creation of the Industrial Workers Of The World (IWW, Wobblies). Without swooning this is what a labor union should look like in putting its face to the capitalist opponents.

Every Month Is Labor History Month

This Commentary is part of a series under the following general title: Labor’s Untold Story- Reclaiming Our Labor History In Order To Fight Another Day-And Win!

As a first run through, and in some cases until I can get enough other sources in order to make a decent presentation, I will start with short entries on each topic that I will eventually go into greater detail about. Or, better yet, take my suggested topic and run with it yourself.

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