The Blind Beggar Montfort. The pub was built in 1894 on the site of an inn which had been established before 1654, and named after the legend of Henry de Montfort, a son of Simon de Montfort. In 1865, William Booth preached his first open-air sermon outside the Blind Beggar, which led to the establishment of the East London Christian Mission, later to become the Salvation Army. William Booth is commemorated by a nearby statue. The Blind Beggar is notorious for its connection to East End gangsters the Kray twins. On 9 March 1966, Ronnie Kray shot and murdered George Cornell, an associate
At What Cost?, Cornell Arts Quad display, and the website. After the NLRB reversed the 2004 Brown decision, the At What Cost? group was revived by four graduate students in the Chemistry, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Biology departments to raise transparency concerns about the new unionization effort by Cornell GSU, the graduate worker union affiliated with AFT/NYSUT. Spearheaded by a group of graduate students, this revived At What Cost? group offer a counter-perspective to Cornell GSU's pro-union message. The group has raised issues with union dues that will be paid by the members if Cornell GSU becomes their bargaining representative. It has