Labor Day Quickies 9/02/2013
By Colorlines ’13 Ways to Celebrate Labor Day’ has a collection of awesome Labor movement documentaries available for online viewing.
Fast food workers nationwide continue to strike for a living wage: “My hours, like many of my coworkers, were cut this year, and I now work only 25 to 28 hours each week. I can’t afford to pay my bills working part time and making $7.85, and last month, I lost my house. Now, I go back and forth between staying with Russell Jr and Tramaine. I never imagined my life would be like this at this point. I successfully raised two boys, and now I’m forced to live out of their spare bedrooms. That’s why I’m on strike today.”
Chelsea Manning and the politics of a pronoun.
Your morning cry:Just Holding on Through the Curves
