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Len Shindel

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Bio:: Len Shindel began working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Plant in 1973, where he was a union activist and elected representative in local unions of the United Steelworkers, frequently publishing newsletters about issues confronting his co-workers. His nonfiction and poetry have been published in the “Other Voices” section of the Baltimore Evening Sun, The Pearl, The Mill Hunk Herald, Pig Iron, Labor Notes and other publications. After leaving Sparrows Point in 2002, Shindel, a father of three and grandfather of seven, began working as a communication specialist for an international union based in Washington, D.C. The International Labor Communications Association frequently rewarded his writing. He retired in 2016. Today he and his wife, Maxine, live in Garrett County where he enjoys writing, cross-country skiing, kayaking, hiking, fly-fishing and fighting for a more peaceful, sustainable and safe world for his grandchildren and their generation

Posts by Len Shindel:

Fingers

March 23, 2019 ·

Raspy cough, white bathrobe, fingers reaching for your ivory coffee mug, red lipstick on the rim, fingers, slender and strong like vice....
Mill Memorabilia

March 22, 2019 ·

Feature photo: Members of United Steelworkers Local 2609 at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point....
Buddy Bantum

January 22, 2019 ·

I began working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Plant in 1973. I had....
Bernie

January 9, 2019 ·

Photo used under a Creative Commons license from flickr user Jasperdo In the 1970s,....
Elise Bryant: Labor’s Sister of Hope

January 7, 2019 ·

Artwork by Mike Konopacki “Next time someone asks you about the labor movement rather than....
Reflections on the 116th Congress

December 15, 2018 ·

Photo used under a Creative Commons license from flickr user Alvin Feng. When I....
Mac

August 9, 2018 ·

Mac peered over his machine. His frantic foreman missed the wiser-than-you’ll-ever-be smile. Mac was never disrespectful. But nobody....
Coalescence

July 30, 2018 ·

I peel leaf-colored clumps from my shovel. The clay carries memories, art class, wonders of the....
We’ll Be Fine

June 8, 2018 ·

The presidential scholar drips delicate fingers down his chin. With smooth, white, Ivy-infused certitude, he promises. Our....
Western Marylanders March for gun sanity

March 24, 2018 ·

Can you hear the prayer of the children? On bended knee, in the shadow....