On Thu, 1 May 2008 11:57:36 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
writes:
> [the AFL-CIO?!?!?!?!}
Not your granddad's AFl-CIO? One can only hope. As I recall, it was Sam Gompers's old American Federation of Labor that pushed for the creation of Labor Day as an alternative to May Day.
Jim F.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
> From: "AFL-CIO Now blog" <aflcioblognews at aflcio.org>
> Date: May 1, 2008 3:54:09 PM EDT
> To: "" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: May Day!
> Reply-To: notice-reply-e7e4r7nkk6id at unionvoice.org
>
> May 1, 2008
>
> May 1, the international day to honor workers, is not an
> official U.S. holiday. But thousands of dockworkers are marking
> the day with a voluntary action demanding that the United States
> immediately end the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan
> and withdraw U.S. troops from the Middle East. Members of the
> Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse
> Union (ILWU) are spearheading the waterfront action.
>
> *****
>