AlkiYou would be surprised how often this question comes up and maybe that's a good thing. As organized labor continues to make headlines, we need to be able to answer this simple question.
This is the first video of an ongoing series of *short* videos that will look at organized labor history, theory, and praxis. This is geared toward anyone who is interested in unions. We're going to look at the entire spectrum of organized labor, from the more conservative aspects to radical organization and tactics. If there's an organized labor topic you would like me to cover in this series, please tell me about it in the comments below.
What is a Union?Alki2021-09-24 | You would be surprised how often this question comes up and maybe that's a good thing. As organized labor continues to make headlines, we need to be able to answer this simple question.
This is the first video of an ongoing series of *short* videos that will look at organized labor history, theory, and praxis. This is geared toward anyone who is interested in unions. We're going to look at the entire spectrum of organized labor, from the more conservative aspects to radical organization and tactics. If there's an organized labor topic you would like me to cover in this series, please tell me about it in the comments below.
My cursed blue bird: twitter.com/AlkiHistoriker Questions: curiouscat.me/AlkiHistorikerSquid on Strike | A Labor Organizer/Historian Reacts to SpongeBobAlki2023-05-01 | SpongeBob SquarePants' "Squid on Strike" depicts SpongeBob and Squidward going on strike over an unfair workplace policy. Let's watch this classic and see what we can learn!
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This is a video looking at the "Squid on Strike" episode of SpongeBob SquarePants and briefly discussing the labor culture, history, and law found within it. May be replaced in the future by a full length analysis video.
Folk Song List: Pete Seeger - Casey Jones (The Union Scab) Pete Seeger - Solidarity Forever Earl Robinson - Joe Hill "Which Side Are You On?" Utah Phillips - The Preacher and the Slave Woody Guthrie - Union Burying Ground Billy Bragg - There Is Power In a Union
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Why is Starbucks Workers United abbreviated to SBWU and not SWU? #shortsAlki2023-03-03 | Why is Starbucks Workers United abbreviated to SBWU and not SWU? Before Starbucks Workers United there was Starbucks Workers Union.
#shorts #labor history #Starbucks #StarbucksWorkersUnited #labor #StarbucksWorkersUnionDid you know that Starbucks Workers United is not the first union at Starbucks? #shortsAlki2023-01-11 | #shorts #labor history #Starbucks #StarbucksWorkersUnitedNo More Fake StrikesAlki2023-01-03 | To conclude the General Strike series, let's take a look at the recent fake strike trend and what we've learned from several instances of American general strikes.
Twitter: twitter.com/AlkiHistoriker Ask me questions : curiouscat.me/AlkiHistorikerThe Seattle General StrikeAlki2022-07-22 | Exploring the cause, event, and aftermath of what is considered to be the only "true general strike" in American history. This is Seattle 1919 in as much detail as reasonably possible.
Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Shipbuilding and Organized Labor in Seattle 03:57 Piez vs. The Metal Trades Council: The Cause of the Seattle General Strike 09:33 The Labor Movement and The General Strike in the Early 20th Century 15:56 Seattle Labor Votes to Strike and Prepares to Run the City 38:15 The Strike Begins 50:03 Negotiations with Hanson and the Citizens Committee 54:13 The Strike Ends 1:00:19 Aftermath 1:12:07 The Fate of Seattle Labor 1:25:35 Lessons of the Seattle General Strike 1:29:05 Conclusion and End
Sources: Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919 by Cal Winslow Revolution in Seattle by Harvey O'Connor The Seattle General Strike by Robert Friedheim Robert Friedheim Seattle General Strike Collection, 1919-1962 archive.iww.org/history/library/Haywood/GeneralStrike News: https://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/news.shtml https://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/unionrecord_Feb1919.shtmlThe Problem with r/anti-work: What is Anti-work?Alki2021-12-12 | r/antiwork, a subreddit about anti-work, has exploded in popularity over the past year but this has created a problem within the sub. Let's talk about it.
What's wrong with r/antiwork and what is Anti-work?
The former are organizer trainings are held via Zoom. EWOC is good, too but you can't beat the IWW's OT-101. Organizer training is best when taken with coworkers so ask your most trusted colleagues to join you. The latter are sources about anti-work which I think explain the topic well. Further resources listed below.
This is the second video of an ongoing series of *short* videos that will look at organized labor history, theory, and praxis. This is geared toward anyone who is interested in unions. We're going to look at the entire spectrum of organized labor, from the more conservative aspects to radical organization and tactics. If there's an organized labor topic you would like me to cover in this series, please tell me about it in the comments below.
Twitter: twitter.com/AlkiHistoriker Anonymous question?: curiouscat.me/AlkiHistorikerThe 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters StrikeAlki2021-07-08 | Uncovering the history of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike and how a bunch of Trots organized a citywide trucking strike in Minneapolis.
This the second part to Local 574: Organizing the Minneapolis Trucking Industry. Here's a link to that video if you haven't seen it: youtube.com/watch?v=m5zK6qbFfi8. If you're interested in learning more about the strike, I provided some sources below including a link to the Organizer. I highly recommend reading the "Dere Emily" sections of the paper.
Sources: Teamster Rebellion by Farrell Dobbs The Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 by Philip A. Korth Revolutionary Teamsters by Bryan D. Palmer The Organizer: marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/theorganizerLocal 574: Organizing the Minneapolis Trucking IndustryAlki2021-03-19 | Let's talk about how Trotskyists organized the Minneapolis trucking industry prior to the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters' strikes.
This is the third video of a four part series exploring the history of general strikes in America to better understand how they were organized and what we'll need to have one in the future.
Twitter: twitter.com/AlkiHistoriker Ask me stuff I guess: curiouscat.me/AlkiHistorikerThe 1892 New Orleans General StrikeAlki2021-01-20 | "To me the movement in New Orleans was a very bright ray of hope for the future of organized labor . . . " - Samuel Gompers
This is the second video of a four part series exploring the history of general strikes in America to better understand how they were organized and what we'll need to have one in the future. In this video, I'm going to talk about the 1892 New Orleans General Strike, what we can learn about solidarity, and what we should consider when organizing a general strike.
Twitter: twitter.com/AlkiHistorikerAre We Ready For A General Strike?Alki2021-01-06 | Are we ready? Let's talk about what it takes to have a general strike to find out.
This is the first video of a four part series exploring the history of general strikes in America to better understand how they were organized and what we'll need to have one in the future. In this video, I'm going to briefly introduce what we'll need for a general strike and what we need to do to make them a reality.
twitter.com/AlkiHistorikerThe Very Drunk Q&AAlki2020-12-23 | Every step of this video was made very drunk. I'm sure you can tell.
I'm probably forgetting something, but I'm drunk so it's okay.The Meals of Production: Cornish PastyAlki2020-11-24 | “I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” - Upton Sinclair
Today, I'm going to talk about the history of the pasty, a little bit about Cornish miners, and explain how to make one. This is the first episode of a new series where I'll be talking about working class dishes, the history behind them, and the people who ate them.
Twitter: twitter.com/AlkiHistorikerThe 1937 Detroit Woolworth Sit-DownAlki2020-09-30 | That time a hundred women organized a sit-down strike against the largest retail chain of the 1930s.
Source: Women Strikers Occupy Chain Stores, Win Big by Dana FrankThe Akron Rubber Strikes of 1936Alki2020-09-23 | Looking at strikes that literally seized the means of production. Even if only temporarily.
Special Thanks to Elo for the Title Card: @CreatorElo
Taking a look at the history of the Rubber Industry and the Rubber sit-down strikes that occurred in the first part of 1936.
On the second edition of Seize the Mean September, we're looking at the patroon system and how New Yorkers revolted against it by picking up arms. Next week we're celebrating a strike. And in true Alki fashion, it's gonna be a longer video with too much background information.
Special thanks to @AnarchoTak for the amazing title card! You should definitely reach out to them if you need art made: twitter.com/AnarchoTak
Welcome to the first episode of Seize the Means September! This is a small project of mine looking at historical instances where workers attempted to "seize the means" of production!
Come follow me on the birdsite: twitter.com/AlkiHistorikerFrom Baltimore to Promontory Summit: The Men Who Built Americas RailroadsAlki2020-08-02 | Looking at the history of the men who built railroads in the United States from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Union Pacific Railroad.
The next video will cover the Central Pacific, Chinese workers, and anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States.
This video focuses on the working conditions of railroad section hands during the mid-19th century and serves as an introduction to the topic of labor and railroads.
Stover, John F. History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 1987
Pictures: Eli Pousson: B&O Car slworking2: San Diego and Arizona Railroad (SD&AE) Tony Webster: Cozad, Nebraska - 100th MeridianVölkerschauen: A Brief History about (German) Human ZoosAlki2020-06-28 | A brief history of (German) human zoos and how these displays influenced racism in Europe and the Americas.
Umlauff’s Welt-Museum / Carl Hagen– beck’s neueste Singhale: akg-images
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Former Monkey House in Bronx Zoo, October 2018: Antigng / CC-BY-SA 3.0The 1860 New England Shoemakers StrikeAlki2020-03-30 | The largest strike prior to the Civil War has been largely forgotten. Let's remember it.
𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇, 𝖲𝗎𝗌𝖺𝗇. “𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖫𝗒𝗇𝗇 𝖲𝗁𝗈𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌’ 𝖲𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝟣𝟪𝟨𝟢.” 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝖾𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾. 𝖬𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗌 𝖧𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖲𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒, 𝖩𝗎𝗇𝖾 𝟤𝟫, 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟨. 𝗁𝗍𝗍𝗉://𝗐𝗐𝗐.𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗍.𝗈𝗋𝗀/𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗀/𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟨/𝟢𝟨/𝗍𝗁𝖾-𝗅𝗒𝗇𝗇-𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌-𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗄𝖾-𝗈𝖿-𝟣𝟪𝟨𝟢/.How the NBA made me an AnarchistAlki2020-02-12 | Giving you a small glimpse into my time working at an NBA stadium . . . because nobody asked.
Social Media: twitter.com/AlkiHistorikerA Working Peoples History of the American North and the Industrial RevolutionAlki2019-12-09 | Let's explore labor history in the American North from the 1780's to 1860 by looking at textile mill operatives and early organized labor.
Grabowski, Amelia. “‘4 Or 5 Active Lads to Serve in Cotton Factory’ - Child Labor at Slater Mill.” Rhode Tour. Accessed November 17, 2019. http://rhodetour.org/items/show/30.
Note: Don't ask why I cited my sources this way. I don't know either. The way I cited donoteat01's video is the way they taught me at uni. I'm not sure that is the official way to do it, but it's the way I've always done it.Slave Labor in the American SouthAlki2019-10-06 | A brief look at slave labor in the Southern United States. There will be more videos covering topics related slavery in the future, so this one is a bit less detailed. The next video is going to cover the Industrial Revolution and its effect on the working class in the North.
Literature Sources: David Montgomery: Citizen Worker Eric Foner: America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War Eric Foner: Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 Ira Berlin, Joseph P. Reidy, and Leslie S. Rowland: Freedom’s Soldiers: The Black Military Experience
Web Sources: http://www.freedmen.umd.edu/savmtg.htm archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-warPhyllis Schlafly: A Past ReactionaryAlki2019-06-24 | A brief look at Phyllis Schlafly and how she stopped the Equal Rights Amendment.