Rep Barbara Lee Accuses Trump of Militarizing the WH with an Extremist But She s a Communist independentsentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independentsentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Help Save People s World
The economic crisis has hit People s World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing.
Day of action demands ‘$15 and a union’ from McDonald’s May 20, 2021 9:58 AM CDT By Joelle Fishman
32 BJ SEIU Connecticut district leader Alberto Bernardez leads
workers and supporters in a chant at the Branford Connecticut service plaza. | Art Perlo / People s World
BRANFORD, Conn. The chant “What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now” reverberated through the McDonald’s restaurant at the Branford I-95 rest stop Wednesday morning as workers, union allies, and community groups marched inside the restaurant as part of a national day of action demanding $15 and a union.
Day of action demands $15 and a union from McDonald s – People s World peoplesworld.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from peoplesworld.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pat Barile, 1920-2020. | Courtesy of Barile Family
Pat Barile learned the meaning of the word devotion from the rank-and-file workers at the Sonotone Corporation plant in White Plains, N.Y. in the mid-1940s and 1950s.
Repeatedly, they elected him president of United Electrical Workers Local 428 for ten years even after Cold Warriors had branded him a Communist and instigated a witch hunt and continual efforts to decertify the UE.
Pat Barile, lower right, with some of his co-workers at the CPUSA National Office, April 1977. Top row, from left: Joelle Fishman, Ken Newcomb, Beth Edelman, Betty Smith, Ed Teixeira, Margaret Cann, and Lee Dlugin. Bottom row, from left: Henry Winston, Jake Green, and Arnold Becchetti. | People’s World Archives