Thursday September 25, 2008
Audrita Campbell Atlanta, GA
Thursday October 2, 2008
Chandra Patton Atlanta, GA
Bob Lange Alpharetta, GA
Julia Gordon Alpharetta, GA
Thursday October 9, 2008
Elaine Hall Atlanta, GA
Peggy Chastang Atlanta, GA
Thursday October 16, 2008
Patrick Zimmerman East Point, GA
Richard Miles Tampa, FL
Louise Manns Atlanta, GA
Thursday October 23, 2008
Robin McClure Alpharetta, GA
Ted Bullard Ellisville, FL
Thursday October 30, 2008
Valencia Morris Alpharetta, GA
The Origin of Why We Wear Red on Thursday.
In 1989, along with many of our Union brothers and sisters across the country, the CWA was on strike against NYNEX (Verizon). During that protracted strike, one of our members walking the picket line was E. Gerald Hogan, a Chief Steward at CWA Local 1103 in Westchester County, New York. On August 15, 1989, a Thursday morning, Gerry Hogan was killed. His death was a result from injuries he sustained when he was run down by a "scab" as he walked a picket line. The driver of that vehicle was a manager's daughter who was a "scab" during that strike.
The idea and commitment to wearing Red on Thursday to honor our fallen brother started small, but it quickly spread across the nation to all CWA Members as a sign of solidarity. Now on every Thursday, CWA Member’s across the country demonstrate with a sea of Red in the workplace as an ongoing sign of this solidarity.
Wearing Red on Thursday has come to mean that we stand together for the improvement of working conditions, fair wages and benefits, and that no worker will have to endure the injustice of an employer. We stand together for all workers and the future of the labor movement. We only receive what we are willing to fight for and that starts by showing solidarity in the workplace.
Solidarity is not just an idea- with it we can protect and improve our way of life for all workers’.
In unity there is strength.
Roy Hegenbart
President
CWA Local 3250
