Professional interview  about the UAW strike with economist and public policy professor David Bieri of Virginia Tech

Professor David Bieri explains how the UAW strike effects the economy

Do you know who the first Steelers were? Let’s go back in time to learn about stories from immigrants and African American steelworkers that were part of the cost of production during this industrial time. They put their lives at risk but also found ways to organize, fight back against injustices, and remind us of who the real builders of the United States of America were.

Works Cited

Henderson, Ryan. Rivers of Steel, 18 Feb. 2021, https://riversofsteel.com/black-workers-at-carrie/.   

Paine, Kirsten L. Carrie Clark: She Who Lit the Fire, Rivers of Steel, 9 Mar. 2023, https://riversofsteel.com/carrie-clark-she-who-lit-the-flame/?_gl=1*1box61u*_ga*MTA4ODAyNjQ2OS4xNzAwMDA0MjIx*_up*MQ.   

Roth, Mark. “Homestead Works: Steel Lives in Its Stories.” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 30 July 2006,https://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/2006/07/30/Homestead-Works-Steel-lives-in-its-stories/stories/200607300258.   

Serrin, William. “A CHAPTER OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY CLOSES WITH THE HOMESTEAD STEEL WORKS.” The New York Times, 27 July 1986, https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/27/us/a-chapter-of-industrial-history-closes-with-the-homestead-steel-works.html.   

Simon, Ed. An Alternative History of Pittsburgh. Belt Publishing, 2021. 

“The Strike at Homestead Mill.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/carnegie-strike-homestead-mill/.

Secret Pittsburgh S1 Ep1: Pittsburgh's First Steelers

Jeff Rickertt speaks at a Justice for Palestine and Shut Down Ferra picket at Ferra  Engineering in Tingalpa, a suburb of Brisbane on 15 Feb 2024.

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A worker reads history

Rally outside ABC headquarters in Southbank in Brisbane on 8 March 2024.

Speakers include: Dr Liz Strakosch, Doykeit Collective and Jewish Council of Australia, Nick Chesterfield Samuel Watson, Cassie from the Australian Services Union, Benedict Coyne (human rights barrister), and Jonathan Sriranganathan (Greens candidate for Brisbane City Mayor.

Reinstate Antoinette Lattouf

Samuel Watson speaking at Farah on 15 April 2024 and drawing the parallel between aboriginal and Palestinian struggles.

Sam Watson at Ferra Engineering Shutdown

Meta lawsuits Ghana: Content moderator mental health impact from violent content & poor conditions.

Shocking Meta Ghana Lawsuits: Hidden Worker Trauma

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