The Harry Simms Fund

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A Kentucky-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching the past and present of labor struggles in the Commonwealth.
Websitehttps://harrysimmsfund.org
Social Mediahttps://linksta.cc/@HSF
Donatehttps://liberapay.com/TheHarrySimmsFund/donate
LocationKentucky, USA (Osage land)
The Harry Simms FundApr 11, 2025

Kentucky Unions Stand Up to Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

https://labornotes.org/2025/04/kentucky-unions-stand-halt-deportation-two-hundred-workers

#Unions #UnionStrong #Kentucky

Kentucky Unions Stand Up to Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

Two hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations. The immigrant workers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela have received a mixed reaction to their imminent deportation—hostility from some co-workers and an outpouring of support from their union and the local labor movement. They’re part of the Communications Workers’ industrial division, IUE-CWA Local 83761.

Labor Notes
The Harry Simms FundAug 20, 2024
Dorothea LangeAug 12, 2024

Note on existing labor organizations in a small agricultural town of California. Tulare County, California

#California #TulareCounty

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017770857/

The Harry Simms FundJul 24, 2024
Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersJul 24, 2024

I'm loving this return of the union workplace!

Bethesda Game Studios workers have unionized

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24202271/bethesda-game-studios-workers-unionize-cwa

#BethesdaGameStudios #Workers #Unions #Microsoft #Labor #Gaming

Bethesda Game Studios workers have unionized

More than 200 developers at Bethesda Game Studios have unionized with the Communications Workers of America.

The Verge
The Harry Simms FundJul 16, 2024
Remember 1934Jul 16, 2024

We appreciate that The North Loop Neigborhood Association has acknowledged our efforts to commemorate the 1934 Minneapolis Truckers’ strike, including the wreath laying ceremony this Saturday to honor those shot by police 90 years ago.

https://northloop.org/saturday-marks-90-years-since-67-picketers-were-shot-here/

#Labor #History #LaborHistory #WorkersRights #Minneapolis #MNastodon #Histodons #1934

Saturday Marks 90 Years Since 67 Picketers Were Shot Here - North Loop Neighborhood Association

On the same street where you’ll find young professionals walking their dogs past warehouses converted into upscale apartments, is the intersection where a violent confrontation took place 90 years ago....

North Loop Neighborhood Association
The Harry Simms FundJun 4, 2024

"Cortland, an Atlanta-based property management company, joins nine other real estate conglomerates under investigation for creating a rental monopoly, resulting in rents across Arizona going up by more than 30% since 2022. The common thread between the 10 is RealPages, a co-defendant and consulting firm whose software they utilized to determine the maximum amount rent could be raised."

https://coppercourier.com/2024/06/03/federal-investigation-arizona-apartments-rent-monopoly/

Rent monopoly crackdown continues as FBI raids corporate landlord for 18 Arizona properties

The federal investigation runs parallel to a price-fixing lawsuit by the Arizona Attorney General against 400 other apartment complexes in the state.

Copper Courier
The Harry Simms FundMay 31, 2024
Scott CampbellMay 31, 2024

"The UC union representing 48,000 graduate teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers said Friday that it would expand its ongoing strike next week by calling on thousands of workers at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine to walk off the job, a major escalation of labor tensions that would involve six of the system’s 10 campuses.

"Academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis went on strike Tuesday, following UC Santa Cruz union members, who have been picketing since May 20. Union members in San Diego and Santa Barbara are scheduled to walk out Monday. Irvine workers would start Wednesday. The strikes are taking place at a critical time of year, during finals when the work of union members — who lead discussion groups, grade papers and administer exams — is particularly important."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-31/uc-union-strike-expands-to-irvine-san-diego-santa-barbara

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #labor #academia

UC strike over pro-Palestinian protests expands to Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara next

UAW 4811, which represents 48,000 academic workers in the UC system, said its members would go on strike at UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara the first week of June.

Los Angeles Times
The Harry Simms FundMay 29, 2024
Steve Dustcircle 🌹May 29, 2024

Proposed #Warehouse #Worker Protection Act Could Have Major Implications for #Businesses Employing Warehouse #Workers

https://natlawreview.com/article/proposed-warehouse-worker-protection-act-could-have-major-implications-businesses

Proposed Warehouse Worker Protection Act Could Have Major Implications for Businesses Employing Warehouse Workers

On May 2, 2024, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced legislation they say will help protect warehouse wor

National Law Review
The Harry Simms FundMay 24, 2024

This is great news. #WorkersRights #UAW #uaw4811 #UCStrike #Union

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-23/denied-uc-fails-to-get-a-court-order-to-stop-academic-workers-strike-union-hails-decision

UC is denied court order to stop academic workers' strike

UC officials claim the strike was illegal because of a no-strike clause, but the state labor board says that isn't enough to order a stop to the walkout.

Los Angeles Times
The Harry Simms FundMay 16, 2024

Update: UAW 4811 members have voted by a super majority to authorize a strike.

#WorkersRights #uaw4811

The Harry Simms FundMay 16, 2024

"At the heart of this strike authorization vote is our right to free speech and to peaceful protest without fear of intimidation and reprisal by our very own university."

#WorkersRights #UAW #Union

https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/15/op-ed-ucla-administrations-failures-warrant-union-strike-authorization

Op-ed: UCLA administration's failures warrant union strike authorization - Daily Bruin

This week, the University of California’s 48,000 academic workers – including teaching assistants, tutors, postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers and more, all represented by United Auto Workers 4811 – are voting on whether or not to authorize the union’s executive board to call a strike if circumstances justify.

Daily Bruin