Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016. 47-2152 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters. Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinklerfitters.
A contemporary hunger strike in Poland. A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food.
When fighting erupted between strikers and strikebreakers, the police beat strikers and fired into the crowd, injuring several strikers and killing one. The flier shown here was part of the outraged response to this killing. It called for a mass meeting at Haymarket Square on the next day, the evening of May 4. The gathering was smaller than expected, due to rain and cold; only about 1,500â2,000 people attended. Speakers addressed the crowd from the back of a wagon.