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Solid State Books workers announce plans to unionize
ICYMI: Many MoCo employees follow the trend of forming labor unions
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Solid State Books workers announce plans to unionize
Workers at Solid State Books yesterday announced plans to unionize with UFCW Local 400. "We are unionizing because we love our work, our customers, and the broader H street community," said the Solid State Union workers organizing committee. "With a collective voice, we know we can make Solid State Books the best workplace it can be." While the workers have requested voluntary recognition -- every eligible worker at the store has signed union authorization cards -- the group also filed for a union election last Friday, in case management fails to voluntarily recognize the union. The union would cover seven employees at the store located at 600 H Street NE. ""We are all in this together," said the workers.
ICYMI: Many MoCo employees follow the trend of forming labor unions
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Labor Quote: Dolly Parton
9 to 5, yeah/They got you where they want you/There's a better life/And you dream about it, don't you/It's a rich man's game/No matter what they call it/And you spend your life/Puttin' money in his wallet
Dolly Parton hit number one on the record charts on this date in 1981 with "9 to 5," her anthem to the daily grind.
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This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Erasing Virginia's labor history. Last week's show: [link removed] The Strange Career of "the Working Class".
The United Farm Workers of America reaches agreement with Bruce Church Inc. on a contract for 450 lettuce harvesters, ending a 17-year-long boycott. The pact raised wages, provided company-paid health benefits to workers and their families, created a seniority system to deal with seasonal layoffs and recalls, and established a pesticide monitoring system - 1996
More than 15,000 United Steel Workers members at 16 Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants end an 86-day strike, ratify three-year contract - 2006
Newly-elected President Barack Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier for women and minorities to win pay discrimination suits - 2009
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