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Len Shindel
Len Shindel

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 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. Shindel is currently working on a book about the Garrett County Roads Workers Strike of 1970 www.garrettroadstrike.com.

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Len Shindel Poetry 

Willow

December 27, 2019 Len Shindel

The dappled willow thrived where the waterlogged yellow cypress had withered.   “They’ll drink all the water you can give

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Len Shindel Literature Poetry 

A Nephew’s Hug

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Len Shindel

It was the right time   For the longest hug.   Had my nephew fathomed the death of his own

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Len Shindel Literature Poetry 

Jackson and Beirut

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019 Len Shindel

In 2008, while working for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, I traveled to Mississippi, as a “released staff” to

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Len Shindel Literature Poetry 

Can’t Beat This

August 28, 2019 Len Shindel

The late U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sean Hamilton fly-fishing. Photo used under a Creative Commons license of flickr

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Len Shindel Literature Poetry 

Math Fright

August 3, 2019August 4, 2019 Len Shindel

I have always been frightened by math.   8,473 km, 5,264.878 miles between Amazon rain forests, Greenland ice sheets.  

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Len Shindel Poetry 

 Fingers

March 23, 2019March 22, 2019 Len Shindel

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

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Len Shindel Poetry 

Mill Memorabilia

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Len Shindel

Feature photo: Members of United Steelworkers Local 2609 at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Plant hold a “tailgate” meeting at Penwood

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Len Shindel Literature Poetry 

Buddy Bantum

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Len Shindel

I began working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Plant in 1973. I had graduated high school in 1968 in Connecticut

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Len Shindel Poetry 

Bernie

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Len Shindel

Photo used under a Creative Commons license from flickr user Jasperdo  In the 1970s, I was living in Waverly, near

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Elise Bryant: Labor’s Sister of Hope

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Len Shindel

Artwork by Mike Konopacki “Next time someone asks you about the labor movement rather than explaining it, introduce them to Elise

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