You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
Wednesday July 22, 1903
West Hoboken, New Jersey - Mother Jones wants President to meet three little boys.
Mother Jones arrived in West Hoboken by trolley yesterday, and the Industrial army marched in soon after. They headed to the headquarters of the local Socialists where they were fed and entertained. Mother Jones spoke in the evening to a large crowd in a hall on Paterson Road. She spoke, as usual, on the great evil of children working in the factories. She declared the march a great success in that it had focused the attention of the workers on the evils of child labor, and that that accomplishment alone made the time and trouble of the march worthwhile.
On the subject of the Presidential visit, Mother had this to say:
"See these little fellows."
I have sent the President a respectful letter -no representative of anybody in this country ever sent him a more respectful letter, I am sure-explaining to him what my errand is and asking for an appointment. I have received no answer. I wish to state my public belief that the President has not seen my letter. What I ask for on behalf of the 125,000 textile workers I represent is an opportunity for a short interview with the President, with three of the little boys who have come with me from the Kensington district. I would like to have him see these little fellows, and question them, if he will.
Mother Jones stayed in a hotel last night while the Army camped out in a local saloon. They will march from West Hoboken to Jersey City this morning.
SOURCES
The New York Times
-of July 22, 1903
http://select.nytimes.com/...
The Inter Ocean
(Chicago, IL)
-of July 23, 1903
The Children's Crusade Summary
Day 15: Tuesday July 21, 1903
From Passaic, NJ
To West Hoboken, NJ
(Use with "get directions" on google maps to follow general route of march.)
Tuesday July 22, 1913
New York City, New York - I.W.W. Barbers on strike, soon to be 10,000 strong.
The New York Times is reporting:
The new general strike of barbers, which has been hanging fire for several weeks, started yesterday throughout Manhattan and the Bronx, the strike call being issued to 10,000 barbers, of whom 3,000 went out in response to the call yesterday. The rest, or a good part of them, are expected to strike to-day.
The strike is ordered by the barbers' union affllated with the Industrial Workers of the World, and is a repetion of the first general strike of barbers managed by the I.W.W. leaders.
The article goes on to explain the agreements which the barbers are seeking. These are mostly regarding hours, rather than wages. It appears the barbers are willing to settle for an end to work at 8 P.M. during the week, with a later quitting time on Saturdays and all shops to be closed at 1 P.M. on Sundays.
SOURCE
The New York Times
-of July 22, 1913
http://select.nytimes.com/...
Monday July 22, 2013
From OneGreenPlanet.org: Child Labor is Widespread in Indonesia’s Palm Oil Industry
While the environmental and animal impacts of the palm oil industry in Indonesia’s rainforests gets a lot of attention, human rights abuses like forced and child labor are less widely known. Now, thanks to an in-depth investigation conducted by Bloomberg Businessweeek, it appears that slavery, child labor and human rights abuses are rife in Indonesia’s booming palm oil industry.
Read full article here:
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/...
Sign this petition:
Let us see the little children behind the products we use every day, like doughnuts, soap, lipstick, and cooking oil. We would all like to do more, but at the very least,
we can do this:
http://www.ran.org/...
Here's the last line of a Bloomberg Businessweek article that exposes the human rights abuses rampant in Indonesia's palm oil sector:
"Adam, the 19-year-old who fled the PT 198 [palm] plantation in 2010, says he hopes shoppers ask themselves a simple question when they consider which oil to buy: 'Is there slavery in this?"
That's a very good question to ask, but unfortunately most folks are not asking it when they go to the store to do their shopping. While the environmental impacts of the palm oil industry on Indonesia's rainforests get a lot of attention, human rights abuses like forced and child labor are less widely known. The Bloomberg piece, which is based on a nine-month investigation, documents the abusive labor practices on a plantation owned by one of the biggest palm oil companies in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK).
What was the response to this report from Cargill, which received"at least 31 shipments of palm oil from KLK, totaling more than 61 million pounds, over the last three years," palm oil that has now been documented to have been made at least partially by workers and children forced into slave labor conditions? Cargill's response was the same as it's ever been, denial.
It's time to tell Cargill, the leading supplier of palm oil in the US, that we will not stand for child and slave labor in our food.
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What's left when we're all used up?