Colin Powell Endorses Obama
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NATIONAL NEWS – Today
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman / Secretary of State Colin Powell announces he will vote for Senator Barack Obama. “He has both style and substance. I think he is a transformational figure,” Powell said today on NBC’s Meet the Press. Watch it >
Former Joint Chiefs Chairman / Secretary of State Colin Powell announces he will vote for Senator Barack Obama. “He has both style and substance. I think he is a transformational figure,” Powell said today on NBC’s Meet the Press. Watch it >
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ISLAND NEWS – Archives
October 29, 1947: The Great Sugar Strike. The strike lasted 79 days. The hang up wasn’t the demand for more wages, from 41 cents an hour to 65 cents an hour. Nor was it the 40-hour work week. Nor the joint union-company administration of perks. It was the demand that the company be a closed shop — no one could work for the company unless they joined the union. Bridges eventually got what he wanted.Twenty-one striking workers of the Maui Agricultural Co. are arrested for unlawful assembly on company grounds. The strike had begun on September 1. The company, which eventually became Maui Land & Pine, faced what is now called the Great Sugar Strike of 1946.The issues were far more complicated than the simple appearance of some workers wanting more wages. 28,000 people statewide went on strike. The International Labor Workers Union, led by Harry Bridges, had already unionized the dock workers. Now, he wanted the field workers, too, and there was little the company could do.
October 29, 1947: The Great Sugar Strike. The strike lasted 79 days. The hang up wasn’t the demand for more wages, from 41 cents an hour to 65 cents an hour. Nor was it the 40-hour work week. Nor the joint union-company administration of perks. It was the demand that the company be a closed shop — no one could work for the company unless they joined the union. Bridges eventually got what he wanted.Twenty-one striking workers of the Maui Agricultural Co. are arrested for unlawful assembly on company grounds. The strike had begun on September 1. The company, which eventually became Maui Land & Pine, faced what is now called the Great Sugar Strike of 1946.The issues were far more complicated than the simple appearance of some workers wanting more wages. 28,000 people statewide went on strike. The International Labor Workers Union, led by Harry Bridges, had already unionized the dock workers. Now, he wanted the field workers, too, and there was little the company could do.EVENTS ON THIS DAY — October 19th
1853: The first flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
1879: Thomas A. Edison successfully demonstrates the electric light
1953: The first transcontinental nonstop jet with scheduled service begins operating
1963: The Beatles record “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
1993: The United Nations authorizes an embargo of arms and military & police supplies against Haiti
2005: A defiant Saddam Hussein pleads innocent to charges of premeditated murder and torture at his trial in Baghdad.
1879: Thomas A. Edison successfully demonstrates the electric light
1953: The first transcontinental nonstop jet with scheduled service begins operating
1963: The Beatles record “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
1993: The United Nations authorizes an embargo of arms and military & police supplies against Haiti
2005: A defiant Saddam Hussein pleads innocent to charges of premeditated murder and torture at his trial in Baghdad.
2006: The Dow Jones industrial average closes above 12,000 for the first time, ending at 12,011.73x
BORN ON THIS DAY — October 19th
1899: Eddie Bauer, sports gear seller
1922: Jack Anderson, newspaper columnist
1931: John le Carre, spy novelist
1937: Peter Max, artist
1945: John Lithgow, actor
1967: Amy Carter, peace activist
1969: Trey Parke, TV producer (“South Park”)
1976: Cyndi Thomson, country singer
1976: Michael Young, baseball player
1977: Jason Reitman, writer/director
1899: Eddie Bauer, sports gear seller
1922: Jack Anderson, newspaper columnist
1931: John le Carre, spy novelist
1937: Peter Max, artist
1945: John Lithgow, actor
1967: Amy Carter, peace activist
1969: Trey Parke, TV producer (“South Park”)
1976: Cyndi Thomson, country singer
1976: Michael Young, baseball player
1977: Jason Reitman, writer/director
