 | AFL vs. CIO split in 1935 Organized labor began to grow rapidly during the Great Depression. The growth and expansion into "mass production" industries brought in unskilled and semi-skilled workers who did not fit into the traditional craft union model of the American Federation of Labor. The result was a splitting off in 1935 of the CIO which practiced industrial unionism, the subject of this video. The split was not healed for 20 years. More recently, the AFL-CIO has again seen a splitting off of major unions in the Change to Win coalition. |
 | Something Called Dignity Harold McIver Harold McIver was born on April 1, 1931at his family's home between Sylvester and Moultrie, Georgia. His father was very active in the Steelworkers Union. He worked in the steel industry and became a member of the United Steelworkers Union. In 1959 he was elected President of the Steelworkers' Local. Later McIver became organizing director for the Industrial Union Department (IUD) of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO). He was active in working for better labor relations and was present in the action depicted in the movie Norma Rae. Mr. McIver passed away July 15, 1996 |
 | Immortal Technique @ Cooper Union (Industrial Revolution) www.youtube.com/group/oobe New York rapper and political activist Immortal Technique performs Industrial Revolution @ Cooper Union in New York City during a 9/11 truth conference. www.youtube.com/group/oobe |
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 | Part 5: "Labor on the March" The Great Depression and Roosevelt's New Deal provide the background for a look at the explosion of militancy in the west coast maritime trades, culminating in the San Francisco General Strike of 1934. The Upton Sinclair campaign for Governor brings the movies into California politics, transforming the political process. Farm labor strife in the central valley and a huge growth in union membership attends the rise of the CIO, which, due to its philosophy of industrial unionism, is a civil rights movement as well as a labor movement. 18 minutes |
 | The Battle of Blair Mountain In the largest uprising in the United States outside of the Civil War, thousands of miners waged armed warfare in Logan County, West Virginia against mine owners, the sheriff and federal troops in an effort to unionize the mines in 1921. The battle marked the first time U.S. troops were ordered to bomb civilians. The United Mine Workers (UMW) enjoyed widespread support among the general population and were the first industrial union to admit African Americans on an equal basis. The union leader Bill Blizzard eventually surrendered his army in order to avoid further civilian casulties. Blizzard was acquitted in court of insurrection. Future UMW & Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) leader John L. Lewis fought alongside Blizzard at the Battle of Blair Mountain and succeeded in getting recognition for the union 14 years later in southern West Virginia. |
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 | Solidarity What is solidarity, why is it important? Why is it important to remember labor history? What's the difference between industrial unions and craft unions? |
 | Mumia Abu-Jamal -- What Worker's Think? In the decade since NAFTA, the nation's service economy employs the largest percentage of workers, with unions like SEIU (Service Employees Industrial Union) having the biggest memberships. Many are paid frightfully low wages, but it would be even worse were it not for bargaining units like SEIU. For millions of young, working class kids, service jobs are the only viable ones available, if at all. And service jobs virtually always provide lower wages than manufacturing jobs. As the presidential campaigns roll around again, listen to what the guys and gals, of either of the major corporate parties have to say about NAFTA, FTAA, or CAFTA. Chances are, most of them won't have squat to say, or will even support it. That's because, for most politicians, greasing the palms of corporations is the easiest way to raise campaign coffers, and most would rather shoot off a toe than piss off a potential corporate donor. |
 | USW Interview with Graham Goddard of Amicus Graham Goddard, deputy general secretary for Amicus _ Great Britain's largest private-sector labor union _ talks about his experiences at the U.S.-based United Steelworkers' 2007 Rapid Response conference in Washington, D.C. The unions are in the beginning stages of studying a merger that if completed would create the world's largest labor union and the first multinational union. Goddard speaks about the potential power of the combined groups in the age of globalization and discusses what Amicus has learned from spending time with the USW, North America's largest industrial union. |
 | "Bush Cheney Farewell" political song Lyrics: Bennet Zurofsky 2008 Tune: Jamaica Farewell Sung by the Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council |
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