Class struggle — a Wisconsin tradition

Kohler History Display - Kohler, Wisconsin Photo by Steve Harris

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Photo by Steve Harris



Class struggle — a Wisconsin tradition

Pro Union Kight was Right !

Labor and civil rights activities

Kight was active in many political, civil rights, and labor rights groups. As early as the 1940s, he was involved in organizing the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union.[4] After moving to Los Angeles, he kept up his involvement in varied rights groups. This work led to the first protest groups he himself founded: the "Dow Action Committee" in 1967. The Committee protested the chemical company, including its production of Agent Orange and its use, during the Vietnam War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Kight

OCAW scored a final victory as an independent union seven months after the merger when the federal government acknowledged for the first time that nuclear weapons production during the Cold War likely caused the illness and even deaths of thousands of atomic mining, refining, and production workers. The government agreed to seek legislation to compensate workers and their survivors for their medical care and lost wages. The admission of complicity and legislative relief had long been sought by OCAW.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil,_Chemical_and_Atomic_Workers_International_Union

Kight's Comanche County Texas is represented by Koch Supported Congressman Mike Conaway (R). Koch Country Conaway was also a NON supporter of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Kight would be an "outcast" in Comanche County today just like he was in 1936 when he served a black family at his roadside food stand ! Kight's West Texas Birthplace is Koch Country.

Koch Industries $23,500 $0 $23,500
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00026041&type=I

Union-is-the-measure

Union is the measure

WWMD - What Would Morris Do

When it came to defending unions, Morris would not be silenced. He helped organize the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union and built labor alliances throughout his life.
http://www.workers.org/ww/2003/kight0206.php












What Happens in Wisconsin Will Affect Workers Across the Nation



"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out –
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me –
and there was no one left to speak out for me."

Pastor Martin Niemoller


"Respectful Corporations, Governments, and Unions work best for the people."
Steve Harris (SM&D Brownwood, Texas)

Know your history ! May 1933: Hitler Abolishes Unions

The GOP’s War On The Middle Class
Wisconsin & The GOP’s War On The Middle Class « SpeakEasy

UPDATE

Majority in Poll Back Employees in Public Sector Unions

Respondents said they opposed efforts to weaken collective bargaining rights and were against reducing state deficits via cutbacks for public workers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/us/01poll.html

Viva Morris Kight

"We have a common enemy, which is right-wing corporations that want to bust unions and attack gay, lesbian, bi and trans rights. "  Comanche's Morris Kight








Comanche County Texas, Home to Award Winning Wines and Birthplace of the Legendary, Pro Union/Pro Equality, Morris Kight

Plant a Chinese Magnolia for Kight