BREAKING: United Auto Workers today passed a resolution at its convention, 321-287, to divest from Israeli bonds.
With nearly 400,000 members, UAW becomes the largest US union to officially divest from Israel.
The vote received support from a range of sectors, including a large number of Michigan auto delegates, in addition to legal services and higher education.
The original call for divestment came from a wildcat strike of 2,000 mainly Arab American workers at Chrysler’s Dodge Main in 1973. Amid the genocide in Gaza, pro-Palestinian labor groups and UAW locals renewed and intensified their campaign.
Speakers motivated for the resolution by citing the union’s legacy of divesting from South African apartheid in 1978.
#OtD 18 June 2017, a new sculpture in Midleton, Ireland, was dedicated to the Native American Choctaw nation, in recognition of support from the Choctaw people during the great famine in 1847. https://t.co/VNvnGSrDyQ
It makes me sad that the US & UK don't come together more often re: regional cuisine to celebrate the ingenuity of the working class to come up with substantive dishes. Here's a favorite of mine from my region: salt potatoes from Syracuse, cooked by salt miners in the 1800s (1/2)
i appreciate some americans growing desire for building code changes that could lead to more pleasant apartment buildings but we should keep in mind when looking at European buildings and going “oh how lovely” — the ADA is one of like three uniquely decent things America ever did