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Showing posts with label Pete Seeger. Show all posts
Monday, September 4, 2017
Happy Labor Day 2017
Unions paved the way; Thank a union member today!
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Monday, September 5, 2016
Happy Labor Day 2016
While we're all enjoying our picnics and BBQ's today, let's remember why today is a holiday and honor those that made it all possible.
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Monday, September 7, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Clearwater Festival Slated for Sept. 12 at Brookdale
Atlanticville:
The 40th Annual NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival (originally known as The Clearwater Festival at Sandy Hook) will take place Sept. 12 on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft.
Bob Killian will be honored for founding the festival and the late Pete Seeger will also be honored for founding The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the mother organization for the festival.
The festival’s ‘Pete’s Gang’ concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, 1475 West Front St., Lincroft, beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13. The group’s members were instrumental in helping Killian found the Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater and the festival.
There will be songs and stories of the legendary folk singer by members of the Hudson River Sloop Singers and friends, some who sang and worked with Seeger for more than 40 years. The concert will be followed by an open mic. Bring your Seeger songs
Admission; adults $10, children 12 and under $5. For information, call 732-747-0707 or visit www.uucmc.org.
The 40th Annual NJ Friends of Clearwater Festival (originally known as The Clearwater Festival at Sandy Hook) will take place Sept. 12 on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft.
Bob Killian will be honored for founding the festival and the late Pete Seeger will also be honored for founding The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the mother organization for the festival.
The festival’s ‘Pete’s Gang’ concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, 1475 West Front St., Lincroft, beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13. The group’s members were instrumental in helping Killian found the Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater and the festival.
There will be songs and stories of the legendary folk singer by members of the Hudson River Sloop Singers and friends, some who sang and worked with Seeger for more than 40 years. The concert will be followed by an open mic. Bring your Seeger songs
Admission; adults $10, children 12 and under $5. For information, call 732-747-0707 or visit www.uucmc.org.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Labor Day 2014
"If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool." -Abraham Lincoln
Union Maid - Pete Seeger
John Lennon - Working Class Hero
Monday, September 2, 2013
Labor Day 2013: A Message From Senator Elizabeth Warren...
"If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool." -Abraham Lincoln
Union Maid - Pete Seeger
John Lennon - Working Class Hero
Monday, September 3, 2012
Happy Labor Day 2012
"If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool." -Abraham Lincoln
Union Maid - Pete Seeger
John Lennon - Working Class Hero
Monday, September 5, 2011
Happy Labor Day: Union Maid - Pete Seeger
This is a little late seeing how Labor Day is almost over, but I had to post this classic Pete Seeger video in honor of all those union members that made life in this country what it is today. Without them our standard of living wouldn't be what it is today. So if you haven't hugged a union member today, make sure you do so.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Labor Day History
To all of the workers who are enjoying themselves a much deserved holiday today, here is a little history behind the founding of Labor Day courtesy of History.com.
As the Industrial Revolution took hold of the nation, the average American in the late 1800s worked 12-hour days, seven days a week in order to make a basic living. Children were also working, as they provided cheap labor to employers and laws against child labor were not strongly enforced.
With the long hours and terrible working conditions, American unions became more prominent and voiced their demands for a better way of life. On Tuesday September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers marched from city hall to Union Square in New York City, holding the first-ever Labor Day parade. Participants took an unpaid day-off to honor the workers of America, as well as vocalize issues they had with employers. As years passed, more states began to hold these parades, but Congress would not legalize the holiday until 12 years later.
On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. They sought support from their union led by Eugene V. Debs and on June 26 the American Railroad Union called a boycott of all Pullman railway cars. Within days, 50,000 rail workers complied and railroad traffic out of Chicago came to a halt. On July 4, President Grover Cleveland dispatched troops to Chicago. Much rioting and bloodshed ensued, but the government's actions broke the strike and the boycott soon collapsed. Debs and three other union officials were jailed for disobeying the injunction. The strike brought worker's rights to the public eye and Congress declared, in 1894, that the first Monday in September would be the holiday for workers, known as Labor Day.
The founder of Labor Day remains unclear, but some credit either Peter McGuire, co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, or Matthew Maguire, a secretary of the Central Labor Union, for proposing the holiday.
Although Labor Day is meant as a celebration of the labor movement and its achievements, it has come to be celebrated as the last, long summer weekend before Autumn.
As the Industrial Revolution took hold of the nation, the average American in the late 1800s worked 12-hour days, seven days a week in order to make a basic living. Children were also working, as they provided cheap labor to employers and laws against child labor were not strongly enforced.
With the long hours and terrible working conditions, American unions became more prominent and voiced their demands for a better way of life. On Tuesday September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers marched from city hall to Union Square in New York City, holding the first-ever Labor Day parade. Participants took an unpaid day-off to honor the workers of America, as well as vocalize issues they had with employers. As years passed, more states began to hold these parades, but Congress would not legalize the holiday until 12 years later.
On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. They sought support from their union led by Eugene V. Debs and on June 26 the American Railroad Union called a boycott of all Pullman railway cars. Within days, 50,000 rail workers complied and railroad traffic out of Chicago came to a halt. On July 4, President Grover Cleveland dispatched troops to Chicago. Much rioting and bloodshed ensued, but the government's actions broke the strike and the boycott soon collapsed. Debs and three other union officials were jailed for disobeying the injunction. The strike brought worker's rights to the public eye and Congress declared, in 1894, that the first Monday in September would be the holiday for workers, known as Labor Day.
The founder of Labor Day remains unclear, but some credit either Peter McGuire, co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, or Matthew Maguire, a secretary of the Central Labor Union, for proposing the holiday.
Although Labor Day is meant as a celebration of the labor movement and its achievements, it has come to be celebrated as the last, long summer weekend before Autumn.
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