You know it’s the holiday season in the world of labor when the Grinch rolls around. Jobs with Justice (JwJ) kicks off its ninth Grinch of the Year contest with open nominations for a CEO, corporation or politician who is greedy and mean and with a heart that is at least “two sizes too small.”
Last year’s Grinch of the Year was Smithfield Foods Inc. Chairman Joseph Luter III. He took the title, says JwJ, because the company’s slaughterhouse—the largest pork killing floor in the world—is one of the most dangerous worksites in the United States, and workers are routinely injured, harassed, intimidated and threatened by Smithfield management.
As the United States prepares to inaugurate its first African American president, hundreds of union and civil rights activists will celebrate and honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., who helped pave the way for this historic shift in the nation’s politics. During the annual AFL-CIO King Day celebration, held Jan. 15–19, 2009, in New Orleans, participants will examine what the 2008 election means for our nation and working families and give back through community service in a city that continues to suffer from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, which hit three years ago.
We Did It! We elected Barack Obama as President of the United States and strengthened our worker-friendly majority in the Indiana statehouse!
Congratulations to all the Hoosier union activists who helped turn around our nation and protect working families in Indiana from Right-to-Work for less!
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