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Bull Connor, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Labor Movement
In the first week of May 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faced a painful dilemma as he sought to conclude the great Birmingham, Alabama, campaign. The labor movement helped solve this dilemma and a great civil rights victory was won. Jerome A. "Buddy" Cooper, my mentor in the Birmingham union law firm where I worked years later, told me and others of his small but fascinating role in these events. It’s a story of how our labor movement has sometimes lived up to its role in the larger civil and human rights movement.
Weeks of massive civil rights protest marches had led Alabama Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor to order vicious attacks on African American protesters, including school children, using police dogs and powerful fire hoses. The nation watched with revulsion as these violent attacks on plainly peaceful protesters were televised on the nightly news. As the attacks continued, the persistence, nonviolent discipline and courage of the local protesters, both adults and children, brought the movement to the cusp of achieving its first citywide victory in the...
Mallory Grossman killed herself after classmates cyber-bullied her, her family says. They intend to sue the New Jersey school they say should have stopped it.
Mallory Grossman killed herself after classmates cyber-bullied her, her family says. They intend to sue the New Jersey school they say should have stopped it.
The WNBA basketball star donated $5,000 to a Phoenix LGBTQ youth center that had been damaged in a suspected arson earlier this month.
The WNBA basketball star donated $5,000 to a Phoenix LGBTQ youth center that had been damaged in a suspected arson earlier this month.
Organizing in Digital Media Continues to Grow: Worker Wins
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Our latest roundup of worker wins begins with a hard-fought victory at The New School. Other successes include the growing trends of digital media newsrooms organizing and progressive organizations living up to their professed values by voluntarily recognizing employees who choose to join together for collective bargaining purposes.
New School Graduate Workers Overwhelmingly Vote 'Yes': Research and teaching assistants at The New School in New York voted 502-2 to be represented by the UAW. Over three years, the graduate workers faced opposition and legal delays from the school administration and the overwhelming margin of victory in the vote is a testament to the hard work put in to fight for recognition of their right to collectively bargain.
Chicago Sun-Times and the Reader Employees 'Flying High' After Ownership Victory: After it was announced that the Chicago Sun-Times and the Reader were for sale, Tronc Inc., the publisher of the right-wing Chicago Tribune, was seen as a front-runner to become the new owner. The staff at the smaller papers fought back and...
The early days of college can test some students. For some, there's no bigger challenge than living with a roommate.
A federal judge in Alabama has ruled against a law that required the maturity level of a minor to be determined before she could have an abortion.
A federal judge in Alabama has ruled against a law that required the maturity level of a minor to be determined before she could have an abortion.
The early days of college can test some students. For some, there's no bigger challenge than living with a roommate.
