US Uncut, is reporting that Bernie today stated that the DNC had rejected his proposed platform committee appointment of Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United.
DeMoro's response was:
AFAIK, Richard Trumka did not actually use the 'D' work like Bernie Sanders did during the Dem 'Debate', but he has apparently thrown up his hands and called for the latest draft Obama trade treaty to be released.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/256963-trumka-calls-for-immediate-rele...
Trumka calls for immediate release of TPP text
[The 1946 coal strike] is the most momentous event in the country's peacetime history."
- Evansville Courier, 1946
When most people think of labor unrest in America they think of the 1930's, or the various major strikes of the 19th Century. The fact is that no year, before or since, saw so many strikes, and such a large percentage of people on strike, or so many industries effected by strikes, as 1946.
Never before had labor unions flexed so much muscle.
This evening's music features early blues singer and songwriter Alberta Hunter and early blues singer Lucille Bogan.
This evening's music features blues and jazz guitarist Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson.
