Two great book signing & lecture/discussion events in Philadelphia this week
Two great book signing & lecture/discussion events in Philadelphia this week
Swim Against The Current
by Jim Hightower
In stores March 10: pre-order your copy today!
3/7/2008
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Free
Headhouse Books
619 S 2nd St
Philadelphia PA 19147
(215) 923 9525
http://www.headhousebooks.com/
Filed Under: Book Signing, Lecture
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The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi
by Les Leopold
Date: March 8, 2008
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: AFSCME District Council 33
3001 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
All attendees will receive a free copy of the book signed by the author!
Lunch will be provided!
Sponsored by USW Local 10-1, USW Local 10-86, USW Local 10-234 and PhilaPOSH.
More information: [email protected]
In The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi, author and labor expert Les Leopold recounts the life of the late Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union leader. Mazzocchi’s struggle to address the unconscionable toxic exposure of tens of thousands of workers led to passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and included work alongside nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood. Mazzocchi was a pioneer whose labor activism ranged from efforts to intergrate environmental concerns into labor organizing in the 1950’s when the term “environment” was nowhere on the political radar; to participation in the formation of the Labor Party in 1996 to give organized workers a bigger voice in the political process.
Author Les Leopold is a member of the United Steelworkers. He co-founded and currently directs The Labor Institute and the Public Health Institute in New York. He is also active in the Blue-Green Alliance.