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Million Doors For Peace Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 174 seconds September 20, 2008 Hartford, CT Related: anti-war, connecticut, cow, ct, doors, for, hartford, million, opposes, peace, the, war |
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Yes We Can! 1199 Countdown to Obama Victory Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 287 seconds SEIU/1199 members from Connecticut and Rhode Island volunteer for Barack Obama in four states, from February to November. Watch the countdown and the victory! Related: 1199, 2008, barack, can, election, obama, president, presidential, seiu, union, victory, we, yes |
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Martin Luther King at Local 1199 Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 476 seconds In one of the last speeches he gave before he was killed on April 4 1968, Dr. King addresses healthcare workers about the Vietnam War and the fight for social and economic justice. Only an audio recording was available, so we have added photos and present-day video of New England 1199ers to this excerpt. For more info: www.nehceu.org Related: 1199, connecticut, hartford, healthcare, homefront, king, labor, luther, martin, seiu, union, vietnam, war |
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STOPP KRIGEN/STOP THE WAR Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 339 seconds Rally and March against the war in Iraq in Oslo, Norway, March 15, 2008. Steve Thornton, representative of U.S. Labor Against the War, speaks in front of the U.S. Embassy. More info: www.homestead.com/ho mefront and www.uslaboragainstwa r.org Related: grassroots, iraq, march, norway, oslo, outreach, protest, rally, steve, thornton, uslaw, war |
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Iraqi Labor Leaders Tour 2007 Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 334 seconds US Labor against the War sponsored its second national tour of Iraqi labor leaders in June, 2007. Speaking at the East Hartford, Connecticut Machinists' union hall were Hashmeya Mohsen al Hussein, President of the Electrical Utility Workers Union, and Faleh Abood Umara, General Secretar of the Iraq Federation of Oil Workers Unions. More info: www.uslaboragainstwa r.org Related: anti, connecticut, hartford, homefront, iraqi, labor, solidarity, tour, uslaw, war |
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Direct Action at State Capitol for Universal Healthcare Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 276 seconds More than 400,000 people in Connecticut without health insurance. Governor Jodi Rell won't budge and the Dems can't seem to get it done. On June 1, 2007, labor and community activists take matters into their own hands and try to see the Governor. She refuses. They say they won't leave until she meets. The police disagree. Related: 1199, action, aft, civil, community, connecticut, direct, disobedience, hartford, healthcare, homefront, labor, rally, uaw |
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On Strike for Healthcare Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 294 seconds Hundreds of community program workers (who care for the developmentally disabled and troubled youth) organized a one-day strike on May 23, 2007 to urge the state legislature to increase its funding for their programs. Agencies included HARC, Lake Grove, MARC and Whole Life. For more information about their union, District 1199/SEIU, contact www.nehceu.org Related: 1199, connecticut, district, hartford, healthcare, homefront, labor, legislature, seiu, strike, union, workers |
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No War! Hartford, March 2007 Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 223 seconds Rally with 1500 people in downtown Hartford against the war in Iraq, March, 2007. Interview with local union organizer about the war's impact on his family. More information contact www.ctcow.org or 1199 health care workers union at www.nehceu.org Related: 1199, anti-war, connecticut, hartford, homefront, iraq, no, peace, protest, rally, seiu, union, war |
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Struggle and Progress: Union Workers in Action Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 596 seconds Scenes of Connecticut 1199/SEIU union healthcare workers: at a rally with Wyclef Jean, on the Golden Gate Bridge, in NYC at the Republican National Convention, and on the picket line. More info: www.nehceu.org Related: 1199, antiwar, healthcare, labor, peace, picket, rally, seiu, strike, union, workers, wyclef |
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Immigrant Rights Rally, Hartford CT Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 271 seconds March and rally through the streets of Hartford, Connecticut on October 1, 2006. Interviews in Spanish and English. Related: connecticut, hartford, homefront, immigrant, march, rally, rights, seiu |
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Students Say NO to War at Wesleyan Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 329 seconds College and High School students from across Connecticut converged on Wesleyan University April 12, 2008 for an organizing conference against the war in Iraq. Emphasis was on sharpening nuts-and-bolts skills and practical methods of activating youth. The conference ended with a march on the Middletown Armed Forces Recruitment Center. The event was sponsored by CT Opposes the War: www.ctcow.org Related: anti-war, connecticut, cow, iraq, middletown, organize, students, uconn, wesleyan |
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 362 seconds What do unionized healthcare workers do when faced with injustice on the job, when just filing a grievance is not enough? Watch these Connecticut workers from District 1199/SEIU confront their bosses and win. More info: www.nehceu.org Related: 1199, action, connecticut, direct, hartford, healthcare, homefront, labor, seiu, union, workers |
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Our Vision, Our Families: District 1199/SEIU Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 346 seconds The kids (ages 5 to 15)of Connecticut union healthcare workers talk about what their parents do and how they see their folks stand up for patients and clients. Great quotes from great kids--they remind us why we do this work at District 1199. More info: www.nehceu.org. Related: 1199, connecticut, hartford, healthcare, kids, labor, seiu, strikes, union |
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Political Power through Union Action Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 377 seconds The story of Ed Gomes' upset victory with his election to the Connecticut State Senate. Related: 1199, seiu |
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We Are the Union--1199 Community Programs Posted by: Homefront
Video duration: 557 seconds Introduction video to 1199NE/ SEIU, the union of community program workers (group homes, day program, supported living for the developmentally disabled). Visit www.nehceu.org for more information. Related: 1199, hartford, picket, rally, seiu, strike, union, workers |
