The construction industry has been dogged by accusations of blacklisting, where workers are penalised for raising welfare concerns, their political beliefs or being active in a trade union, for years.
His brother Bernard was active in a print union and secured Clifford a job at the Eagle comic as an editorial assistant.
Immigrating to the United States in 1886, Hillquit joined the Socialist Labor Party in New York and became active as a union organizer; in 1888 he helped found the United Hebrew Trades.
During his party phase, Novikoff was active in a teacher's union, a newspaper, and a college speaker's program.
During the revolutionary year 1905, he was active in forming the Union of Unions, a broad alliance of professional associations, and subsequently the Constitutional Democratic, or Kadet, Party.
He went to night school, earned a degree, began a second career at age 45, as a Mathematics teacher at Bayside High School; he was active in the union, was voted a UFT Chapter Chairman, upon retirement presented with a plaque: MENSCH.
Petrillo grew up on Chicago's West Side and, after a brief period as a trumpet player and bandleader, became active in an independent musicians' union and served as its president for three years.
Aiello became active in the union and a few years later was elected 1202's president.
What you choose to do might depend on your talents and passions but you could jump in the deep end and join a political party and work for change from the inside; join and become active in your union; create a political party; do postgraduate research on democracy and power; join a citizens advocacy group; write comment pieces for The Guardian or go all out and seek and advocate revolution.
