#TeachLaborHistory

I say this all the time but other than growing up in a strong union working family, learning about this as a child was what started me on my union and labor activism path. (Reading The Jungle would probably be the next big milestone.)
#TeachLaborHistory

Nov. 19, 1915: Labor Organizer Joe Hill Executed The state of Utah executed Joe Hill, labor organizer, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

#tdih 1915 Despite international campaign to have conviction reversed, IWW labor organizer and songwriter Joe Hill was executed by state of Utah. #TeachLaborHistory

“Don’t mourn, organize!”-- Joe Hill

Linocut by Carlos A. Cortéz. Labor history lessons ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...

Aug. 15 and 17, 1973: Two Striking United Farm Workers Killed Two striking United Farm Workers (UFW) were killed on Aug. 15 and 17, 1973, while picketing.

#tdih 1973 Two striking @ufw.bsky.social (UFW) were killed 💔 while picketing:

-- Nagi Daifallah, 24-year old picket captain, on Aug. 15 (by sheriff and deputies)
-- Juan de la Cruz, age 60, bracero, on Aug. 17 (by a strikebreaker)

#TeachLaborHistory

www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/un...

Nov. 19, 1915: Labor Organizer Joe Hill Executed The state of Utah executed Joe Hill, labor organizer, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

#tdih 1915 Despite international campaign to have conviction reversed, IWW labor organizer and songwriter Joe Hill was executed by state of Utah. #TeachLaborHistory

“Don’t mourn, organize!”-- Joe Hill

Linocut by Carlos A. Cortéz. Labor history lessons ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...