From: New Masses (30 April 1946).
Showing posts with label May Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May Day. Show all posts
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Saturday, May 1, 2010
May Day 2010
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Photograph © AP/Frank Franklin II.
And while we are on the topic of May Day ... There are a couple of reasons to call attention to Rich Trumka. He is now President of the AFL-CIO, but before that he was leader of the United Mine Workers. It has been a bad year for miners. And it is only May.
Beyond that, I think Trumka is an extremely admirable man. A couple of years back, he gave what may well be the most remarkable speech on race in American politics since Martin Luther King, Jr.; like King, Trumka links the defense of minority rights to the struggle of labor in America. And he speaks frankly. This picture of Trumka is from a union sponsored rally this past week on Wall Street.
May Day & the Right Not to Work
It is May Day and I wanted to note the (largely ignored) holiday, traditionally an important component in the struggle for workers' rights. In particular it is central to the struggle for the right not to work all the time.
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