Friday, June 14, 2013

Today in Labor History

June 14  --  Union Communications Services, Inc.

The first commercial computer, UNIVAC I, is installed at the U.S. Census Bureau - 1951

2013.06.10history-mind-work(The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker: Society makes sweeping judgments about the intelligence of the "common worker." But consider the lightning-fast calculations required of any waitress; the complex spatial mathematics of the carpenter; the hairdresser’s ability to turn a client’s vague description into a real hairdo. Ditto the skills and brainpower involved in being an electrical worker, a welder and more. In this impassioned and insightful book, Mike Rose reveals the intellectual skills that physical labor requires and assesses the costs—educational, economic and societal—of ignoring them.  Combining the latest research in the cognitive and social sciences with the voices of working people, Rose offers a brilliant, original portrait of America at work.)

.'Organize and Take the Big Bag' cartoon by Jon Lynch in the Industrial Pioneer, June 1925. The cartoon shows boss handing a worker a weekly wage, only a tiny portion of the total wealth created by his labor power. ...via Bread and Roses 1912 - 2012 -Mel
 

Proud To Be Union hat (Google Affiliate Ad) 

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