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Passaic County Central Labor Council Encourages Education with Awards for High Schoolers
… words. And for those of you that know me, words are usually my thing. There is so much that I am grateful for and want to share. It was an incredible night and to me, it was more than 100 years in the making. … Last week, the Passaic County … more than 20,000 silk mill workers who were on strike for some of the basic working rights we have today—the eight-hour work day, child labor laws and workers' rights. Labor union organizers from the Industrial Workers of the World held rallies … made sure we understood that the roots of our family coming to America, that all we had, could have possibly started right here in the crowd. There were things I knew about my dad when he passed away. Creating union opportunities within our …