Al Neal
Template:TOCnestleft Al Neal is a Missouri activist. St. Louis Bureau Chief, People's World. Communist Party USA's new site.
From Seattle, Washington.
Award winners
John Bachtell December 3, 2018 ·
People's World staff and writers won 14 awards from the International Labor Communicators Association in 2018 for outstanding labor journalism. — with Earchiel Lee Johnson, Blake X, Chauncey K. Robinson, Roberta Wood, Melissa Parks, John Wojcik, Barbara Russum, Michelle Zacarias, C.J. Atkins and Al Neal, Mark Gruenberg at Polish Highlander Alliance of North America.
Working with WES
March 2016 St. Louis Workers’ Education Society (WES) has expanded its staff with the hiring of Al Neal to help explain labor issues and rights to non-union workers enrolled in the Painters District Council 58’s Advanced Skills Workforce Center.
Neal, the former ‘Fight for $15’ midwest coordinator and SEIU union representative, will become the WES Director of Advocacy and Education, a new position.
He will teach the new painter recruits about labor relations and collective bargaining and workplace rights in non-union workplace settings.
Neal not only served as an organizer, campaign director, union representative, educator and chief negotiator, he also has an educational background in labor history, labor relations, and alternative dispute resolutions.
WES also offers a variety of educational courses for union members and activists to include “The History of the Labor Movement” and “Non-traditional Organizing in the 21st Century” taught by WES President Tony Pecinovsky and Secretary-Treasurer Don Giljum. They also provide steward training programs.[1]
Comrades
Nicholas James October 5, 2016 posted:
With Elise Rose Kehle, Oriana Cauchon, Shuron Jones, Chauncey Robinson, Madeline Kathleen, Tony Pecinovsky, Eddie Yarbrough, Niles Zee, Emiliana Sparaco, Yennifer Mateo Castillo, Al Neal and Darin Williams.
Photo by Celeste Ocana.
St. Louis Workers’ Education Society Executive Board
In 2017, the St. Louis Workers’ Education Society Executive Board;
- Rebecca Bolte, Treasurer, Cherokee St. Business Association
- Nicholas James, WES Organizer; SEIU HC; Executive Board, 9th Ward
- Niles Zee, WES Communications Dir.
- Al Neal, WES Dir. of Advocacy and Education
- Shuron Jones, WES Votes Coodinator; Secretary, 15th Ward
- Steve Wayland, Dir. of Business Development, Painters DC 58
- Rasheen Aldridge, Committeman, 5th Ward
St. Louis Workers’ Education Society Advisory Board
In 2015 the St. Louis Workers’ Education Society Advisory Board consisted of;
- Mark Esters, president St. Louis chapter Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU)
- Holly Roe, Missouri State Workers’ Union-CWA (Communication Workers’ Union of America) Local 6355
- Steve Wayland, Painters’ District Council 58, Advanced Skills Workforce Center (ASWC)
- Nicholas James, Service Employees’ International Union-Health Care
- Ashli Bolden, Missouri Jobs with Justice, Missouri Health Care For All
- Chris Worth, Paraquad, Coalition For Truth In Independence
- Leticia Seitz, executive director, Latinos En Axion STL
- Rasheen Aldridge, youngest member of the Ferguson Commission
- Rebecca Bolte, small business owner, ButtonMakers.net
- Al Neal, mid-south organizing director, Fight for $15
- Rev. Mary Albert, Epiphany United Church of Christ
- Rev. John Stratton, Trinity Episcopal Church
- Elyse Vesser, Young Activists United-St. Louis
- James Raines, labor editor, People’s World
- Chris Grant, attorney at Schuchat, Cook & Werner[2]
Sri Lanka
May 2017, along with Comrades from Denmark and Sri Lanka at the 3rd International Preparatory Meeting, hosted by NPC-Sri Lanka for the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students.
Russia, 2017
Sochi Sojourn
More than 20,000 young people from over 183 countries will converge on Sochi, Russia this fall for the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students. Occurring on the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, this year’s festival is expected to be one of the biggest in decades.
When you read People’s World from October 14-22, it will feel like you’re there too because three of our young correspondents will be bringing you daily coverage of the festival proceedings.
- Chauncey K. Robinson, People’s World social media editor, keeps the spotlight on working class people, women, and people of color, ensuring they are part of the discussion.
- Cameron Orr, a frequent contributor to People’s World, is a musician based in Brooklyn, New York.
- Al Neal, St. Louis People’s World Bureau Chief, writes on politics, the courts, and legal affairs.[3]
The delegation flew on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 13. Eight young people organized by the Communist Party USA flew to Sochi, Russia to join over 50,000 youth expected from over 183 countries for the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS). Running from Oct. 14-22, this worldwide gathering of young leaders will engage in discussions about how to work together to solve problems of war, racism, inequality, lack of jobs and educational opportunities, and many other urgent issues.
2017’s festival will gather under the slogan “For peace, solidarity, and social justice, we struggle against imperialism – Honoring our past, we build the future!” The festival will also include sports and cultural events to further develop international friendship and solidarity.
Centered around the struggle against imperialism, fascism, and racism, and highlighting the role of the youth in the struggle for gender equality, the 19th Festival will honor the 100th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution and the 70th anniversary of the Festival Movement. It will also honor the memory of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Fidel Castro, and Mohamed Adelaziz, leader of the Sahrawi national liberation movement against Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, the last remaining colony in Africa.
Program themes for the 19th Festival were formulated in line with the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
On October 1st, CPUSA delegates to the festival held a send-off party in New York City to involve community partners in the Festival Movement. Participating at the event were organizers and activists from the #Fightfor15, the #CLOSErikers campaign, and Black Lives Matter. The conversation was focused on the relationship between racism and imperialism, followed by musical performances.
#CLOSErikers organizer Vidal Guzman said that mass incarceration is another example of “not putting the right investments in the community,” and that “the people closest to the problem are the people closest to the solution.” Another BLM activist requested that the delegates go to the festival to “internationalize the movement” for racial justice in the U.S.
The festival will officially start with a parade commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Other sections of the program will contain focused discussions on primary issues facing specific regions of the world.
The third day, “America Day,” under the heading “Peace, Justice, Anti-imperialism and People’s Friendship,” features a conference on the refugee crisis affecting many areas of the world and the power of solidarity. The fourth, “Africa Day,” features a conference on “the rise of fascism and anti-communism, racism, and xenophobia.” The next day, “Middle East Day,” focuses on the struggle for free and universal access to health, education, science, culture, and information.
The sixth day, “Asia Pacific Day,” will discuss youth unemployment and the precarious sitation of young workers under conditions of capitalist crisis. Addressing issues in Europe on the seventh day, the participants are scheduled to discuss the development of science and the consequences to the environment. The eighth day, “Russia Day,” spotlights the host country and includes sessions on securing access to water and opposing its privatization. A separate seminar will focus on opposition to falsify the history of World War II and attempts to equate communism and fascism.
Additional seminars will be held each day on subjects such as how to confront precariousness and youth unemployment, the role of youth in the struggle for gender equality, climate change, food sovereignty and health, and other issues.
Throughout the festival, there will be exhibitions on the Soviet Union, the victory against Nazism in 1945, the lives of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and Mohamed Abdelaziz, and the 6th and 12th World Youth Festivals held in Moscow.
A “Regional House” (Casa Americas) will also be organized to engage in social issues and expressing solidarity with Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Cuba through book presentations, videos, speakers, music, and poetry. Cameron Orr will be giving a looping violin performance during this component.
The festival will also feature an “Anti-Imperialist International Court,” where charges are expected be brought against imperialist forces for terrorism, economic blockades, environmental destruction, and war.[4]
In Sochi
Pecinovsky 14th Ward Alderman campaign
Tony Pecinovsky September 24 2018:
Thank you to everybody who came out and canvassed yesterday! Together we can Build A Better 14th Ward! — with Elise Rose Kehle, Madeline Buthod, Alicia Hernandez, Drew Mossman and Nicholas James. Al Neal also pictured.
Building a Better 14th Ward
Leaders of the Building a Better 14th Ward organization behind Tony Pecinovsky's unsuccessful 2019 St. Louis Aldermanic campaign were Al Neal, Madeline Buthod and Alicia Hernandez.
National Party Building Conference
National Party Building Conference Hosted by Communist Party USA and People's World.
Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 12 PM – 6 PM EST
Join Communist Party activists and members in a national conference. You can register here https://tinyurl.com/ycdouk3y
The conference will take place November 11th to 12th to plan our work in the fight against the Trump Administration and its white supremacist ruling class backers. Find information here about how to participate. http://www.cpusa.org/2017-national-party-building-conference-resist-organize-vote-grow/
The conference will be streamed from Chicago to regional meetings in New Haven, Los Angeles, and Orlando. Whether you’re on the East Coast, West Coast, in the MIdwest or the South, you’ll be able to participate.[5]
According to the Facebook page for the event, those who attended included Al Neal.
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Workers Education Society, Officers
- ↑ [http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/peoples-world-is-going-to-russia/ PW People’s World is going to Russia August 31, 2017 12:58 PM CDT]
- ↑ [http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-youth-set-off-for-international-festival-in-russia/PW People's World U.S. youth set off for international festival in Russia October 11, 2017 9:31 AM CDT BY CAMERON ORR]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/events/1006170886191874/]