Articles- Katrina, Labor's Perspective
06/12/2008 - 3:02am
Laborfest 2008 held in San Francisco every July 5 has invited Brad Ott, of the Committee To Reopen Charity Hospital to two events on the issue. One will be in San Jose and the other in San Francisco.
04/14/2008 - 3:30pm
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and, yes, there are still brass bands playing in the
streets of New Orleans, marching in traditional jazz funerals and second line parades
through the back-a-town neighborhoods and main thoroughfares of the city.
And yes, there are still younger musicians coming up through the tradition, learning the
horn parts to “Liza Jane” and “Closer Walk with Thee,” and beating the cymbal with a bent
coat hanger or screwdriver.
02/19/2008 - 4:02pm
This is the story of many working families in the post-Katrina New Orleans . It is the story of racism, greed, opportunism, corruption and political apathy. In the two years since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans , barely 50 percent of its residents have been able to return home. Those who have come back are still seeking higher ground.
12/21/2007 - 2:15pm
Katrina hit
New Orleans on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2005. AFSCME members Charssie Muse and Janet Thomas evacuated. Daryl Bushnell, a waiter, did not. He was stranded on a rooftop for two days until help came. Two years later their stories are still raw. Their lives are broken. Their city is decimated. And they have returned to rebuild.
12/03/2007 - 4:53pm
AFM Local 174-496 keeps the music alive two years after Hurricane Katrina.
Articles- Unions Help Out
02/19/2008 - 4:16pm
Over the past six years, America’s working families have been hit hard by many catastrophic events – 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the
Southern California wildfires, to name a few. These natural and man-made disasters have devastated and dislocated thousands of working families. In the midst of these tragedies that also affected thousands of union members, the labor movement was there – leading rescue efforts, donating blood, volunteering time, and providing the comfort, relief, support, and resources to help their brothers and sisters in need.
10/14/2007 - 11:57am
Fritz Sanchez was a trooper in the army of volunteers
that the Red Cross dispatched to help Louisiana
residents cope with the devastation wrought by Hurricane
Katrina.
10/14/2007 - 11:54am
Local 376 volunteers make a difference for Katrina victims
10/14/2007 - 11:26am
CSEA members quick to offer a hand to Hurricane Katrina victims
10/14/2007 - 11:11am
Local 420 delivers holiday supplies to union members in devastated New Orleans area
Submitted by Mariya on April 14, 2008 - 3:30pm. |
A young trombone player blows at the jazz funeral for tubist Kerwin James, who was a member of the New Birth Brass Band. James died in 2007 at the age of 35. Photo by Matt Sakakeeny.
Young drummers performing in the Black Men of Labor Social Aid & Pleasure Club second line parade, September 2007. Photo by Matt Sakakeeny.
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April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and, yes, there are still brass bands playing in the
streets of New Orleans, marching in traditional jazz funerals and second line parades
through the back-a-town neighborhoods and main thoroughfares of the city.
And yes, there are still younger musicians coming up through the tradition, learning the
horn parts to “Liza Jane” and “Closer Walk with Thee,” and beating the cymbal with a bent
coat hanger or screwdriver.
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