Your Afternoon Dose of Cute: Union 'Thugs' Rescue Pugs
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Working families had a strong presence at the annual Netroots Nation conference for progressive activists, with several unions co-sponsoring the event, numerous labor-sponsored events and displays and 30 panels with themes about workplace rights or union activists as speakers. Netroots Nation is the largest annual conference of progressive activists and has grown well beyond its initial creation as a get-together for lefty bloggers and fans of the Daily Kos website.
Calling all union members! Do you have the cutest pet in labor history?
Meet Ruffy the Riveter, a Boston terrier full of union pride on a mission to be the cutest pet in the union world. It’s up to you to see if your pet has what it takes to upstage Ruffy in her quest to be the most adorable pet.
Submit your photo to the Union Plus Pet Photo Contest before Aug. 8 for a chance to win a free yearlong membership to Union Plus Pet Health Insurance. Other prizes include $100, $200 and $300 gift cards to the Union Plus Online Pet Store. More than 100 union members already have entered, so don’t miss out on the fun.
Union members are turning the union "thug" label on its head today, handing out free hugs at the Netroots Nation 2013 conference in San Jose, Calif.
After all, a union hug is the only hug with a union bug.
Earlier this year, Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 in Vacaville, Calif., published First Day, a 20-page comic book detailing the history of Local 1245 and the labor movement, which is distributed to all new members. And so far, it is a big hit.
“It is the first thing people turn to when they get their orientation packets,” says Eric Wolfe, communications director at Local 1245.
Wolfe worked with artist Tom Christopher to put the comic book together, based on a history Wolfe did of the local.
Every June 14, America's working families celebrate Flag Day. Check out the video in the post that tells the story of an American-made flag.
In the latest AFL-CIO Book Club event, longtime racial justice, labor and international activist, scholar and author Bill Fletcher Jr. discussed his new book, “They're Bankrupting Us!" And 20 Other Myths About Unions. The book tracks the history of negative myths about the labor movement along with the movement’s contributions and missteps.
Celebrate your dad in solidarity style this Father's Day by getting him a gift that's union-made. Check out some union-made Father's Day gift ideas from our friends over at Labor 411, the union business directory from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, for some help this holiday.
The Writers Guild of America, East, (WGAE) shares the top 101 best-written TV series. Here are the top 10, after the jump.
What are unions good for? Check out this contest winner of the Canadian Labor Congress' one-minute message video to find out.
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