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DESCRIPTION:Compared To What? (A play reading) By Judith Offer \nA story about the 
 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.\nThe job of Pullman Porter loomed 
 large over Black American life in 1926, because it was the only job where 
 any number of African American men without higher education could wear a 
 tie to work, travel, and earn enough (with tips) to (modestly) support a 
 family. They worked 18 and 20 hour days, often weeks on end; they had no 
 paid holidays or control over scheduling;  there was no route to promotion 
 in the industry.\nWhen A.P. Randolph and a small group of porters and 
 ex-porters set out to form the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, they 
 ran into the fear and reluctance of the porters to risk their comparatively 
 superior position. \nJudith Offer is one of the leading working class 
 writers in the Bay Area. Her latest work Compared To What? focuses on the 
 struggle of the sleeping car porters to build a union. This battle for 
 unionization was also a battle against discrimination and segregation in 
 the workplace and their emergence and success as a union is an important 
 part of labor and black history in the United States. Discussion following 
 the reading.\nFor further information, call Anniversary Productions at 
 (510) 444-8521.\nSee also:\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2008schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/28/18511856.php
SUMMARY:Labofest: Drama: Compared to What?-About Sleeping Car Porters
LOCATION:Fellowship of Humanity Hall 370 27th St., Oakland \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/28/18511856.php
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