Len Shindel, Author at Baltimore Post-Examiner

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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Turner Station salutes ‘Henrietta Lacks’ film

April 25, 2017April 28, 2017 Len Shindel

Tens of thousands of activists were returning home April 23 on Interstate 95 North, wringing out the wet from Washington,

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Rep. Andy Harris hosts heated Town Hall

April 1, 2017June 27, 2018 Len Shindel

Hundreds of Eastern shore voters lined up more than an hour in advance of a boisterous town hall meeting called

Len Shindel Literature Poetry

Statues

March 23, 2017March 24, 2017 Len Shindel

He sits like one of the park’s statues, knit cap pulled down to his eyes, blanket tugged up to his

Len Shindel Poetry

Who the Hell Am I?

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 Len Shindel

In 1970, after dropping out of college in Washington, D.C., I moved to Baltimore where I lived in a row

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Fracking’s horror stories

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 Len Shindel

All movements need stories. Exposures of violence against black people, from lynching to lack of service at lunch counters, propelled

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Joe Uehlein still fighting for sustainable jobs and a living planet

February 22, 2017 Len Shindel

Joe Uehlein, veteran trade unionist and musician, co-founded the Labor Network for Sustainability to bring labor and environmental activists together.