This holiday season, give the gifts that keep on giving: #solidarity #liberation #mutualaid #generalstrike #classwar

Today in Labor History December 3, 1997: 121 countries signed the Ottawa Treaty banning manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. China, Russia, & the US, the world’s “greatest defender of democracy and human rights,” refused to sign. The number of people injured and killed by landmines has been rising each year. In 2020, 2,492 people were killed and 4,561 were wounded. #workingclass #LaborHistory #landmines #china #russia #unitedstates #humanrights #civilians

Today in Labor History December 3, 1984: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed over 3,800 people and injured up to 600,000 more. In the years following the disaster, up to 16,000 more people died. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has paid compensation to family members of 3,787 of the victims killed. Numerous local activist groups emerged to support the victims of the disaster, like Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, who won the Goldman Prize in 2004. Many of the activists were subjected to violent repression by the police and government. Larger international groups, like Greenpeace and Pesticide Action Network also got involved. The disaster has played a role in numerous works of fiction, including Arundhati Roy’s “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” (2017) and Indra Sinha’s “Animal’s People” (2007). It has also been referenced in music by the Revolting Cocks “Union Carbide” and the Dog Faced Hermans’ ”Bhopal.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #bhopal #india #ecology #disaster #environment #policebrutality #police #greenpeace #arundhatiroy #punk #author #writer #fiction #books [@bookstadon](

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Today in Labor History December 3, 1946: Women retail clerks at Hastings and Kahn’s launched the Oakland General Strike, the last General Strike to occur in the U.S. Other workers soon joined in. Overall, more than 100,000 workers participated in the 3-day Oakland General Strike, which was part of the 1945-1946 strike wave, the largest strike wave in US history. Over 5 million workers participated in the nationwide strike wave, including 225,000 UAW members, 174,000 electric workers struck, 750,000 steel workers, 250,000 railroad workers. There were several other General Strikes in 1946, too, including Lancaster, PA; Stamford, CT; Rochester, NY. In reaction to this strike wave, Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, which severely restricted the powers and activities of unions. It also banned General Strikes, stripping away the most powerful tool workers had. #workingclass #LaborHistory #oakland #GeneralStrike #strike #wildcat #union #tafthartley #solidarity