Circle the chairs and lets form a snake line. Today's ongoing topic is about Rev. William Barber's call to action at NN14. And today's suggested topic is Labor Day.
The first Labor Day in the United States was observed on September 5, 1882 in New York City, by the Central Labor Union of New York, the nation's first integrated major trade union. - Wikipedia
It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with the labor movement as a top political priority.
Striking American Railway Union members confront Illinois National
Guard troops in Chicago during the Pullman Strike - Wikipedia
The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894. The conflict began in the town of Pullman, Illinois on May 11 when approximately 3,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, bringing traffic west of Chicago to a halt. The American Railway Union, the nation's first industry-wide union, led by Eugene V. Debs, subsequently became embroiled in what The New York Times described as "a struggle between the greatest and most important labor organization and the entire railroad capital" that involved some 250,000 workers in 27 states at its peak. - Wikipedia
Below this picture is the follow up with the Video Lab Rat Pictures made of me getting splashed:
This is a charity event put together by Labor and other community organizations. For more information on the two day event's activities see:
Vallejo Waterfront Weekend.
Street Prophets Moral Monday Action Tip #6
Support Labor!
Below are some of the diaries published in the last few weeks about the Moral Mondays Movement:
NC's Moral Week of Action, the finale: Vote Your Dreams, Not Your Fears by DocDawg
NC's Moral Week of Action concludes THURSDAY with a massive voting rights rally. Y'all come! by DocDawg
Street Prophets Moral Monday Coffee Hour: Better Injustice Than Disorder by Linkage
TODAY: Day 2 of Rev. Barber's Moral Week of Action in NC. Stand with us! by DocDawg
Moral Mondays - Rev. Barber talks about Ferguson (updated w. transcript) by Denise Oliver Velez
Rev. Barber's NC Moral Week of Action begins today! Will you stand with us? by DocDawg
Wisconsin Forward Together coalition kicks off "Week of Moral Action" in Madison by Giles Goat Boy
Below is a quick round up of past diaries on Daily Kos about Rev. William Barbers ideas for those that have not been following the Moral Mondays movement.
Street Prophets Moral Monday Coffee Hour: Don't Trust Your Heart Trust God by linkage
Will you help Rev. Barber stand for us all, Aug 22-28? by DocDawg
A week of (moral) Mondays in North Carolina. Y'all come on down! by DocDawg
Street Prophets Moral Monday Coffee Hour: Hazel Wilson Ignores Grand Jury by linkage
Rev. Barber on Religious/Political Inclusion by Frederick Clarkson
Street Prophets Moral Monday Coffee Hour: Barber, Lakoff and Morality
DKos Asheville: Mountain Moral Monday by DKos Asheville
Street Prophets Moral Monday Coffee Hour: Above The Snake Line by linkage
This week in the war on workers: 'We're going to win this if we keep fighting. We can't stop.' by Laura Clawson for Daily Kos Labor
Rev. William Barber's electrifying speech at Netroots Nation 2014 by Egberto Willies
William Barber Takes Us to Church at Netroots Nation by Frederick Clarkson
Moral Monday - Street Prophets Coffee Hour by linkage
Sad, But True: Activism Just Ain't Sexy to the So-Called Netroots by shanikka
Rev. Barber may be the one I've been waiting for by Arrogant Ape
NN14, Rev. Barber, and the snake line by dkmich
North Carolina's Moral Mondays Movement: 90% of Success is Just Showin' Up by DocDawg
I'm glad I didn't miss it: Transcript of The Rev. Dr. William Barber at NN14 by TrueBlueMajority
Morality As A Secular Concept by kevinbr38
(please bring to my attention any other diaries that should be on this list in the comments below and I will add them.)
This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. And, what are you doing to support Labor?
Best,
Jonathan Gordon (linkage on Daily Kos)