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Amidst pandemic, labor authority moves union-busting rule

CSA Releases "Resources to Help Survive Economic Impact of Coronavirus"

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Amidst pandemic, labor authority moves union-busting rule
The Federal Labor Relations Authority on Wednesday formally proposed a rule AFGE President Everett Kelley called "just another in a series of activist steps the FLRA has taken to advance this administration's goal of busting unions and making it even harder for rank-and-file federal employees to speak up, defend their rights, and serve the American people." Kelley said the proposed rule -- which would make it easier for federal employees to cancel their union dues -- is contrary to both settled law and Congressional intent. [link removed] Read more here

CSA Releases "Resources to Help Survive Economic Impact of Coronavirus"
The Metro Washington Council's Community Services Agency has just released [link removed] "Resources To Help Survive Economic Impact Of Coronavirus," which includes links on where to file for unemployment throughout the metro area, details on the limited financial assistance available from CSA, mortgage & rental assistance, pharmacy, legal and emergency shelter, healthcare and food, as well as help working with creditors and other hardship benefits.

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[link removed] Click here for useful info for those seeking UI in the District of Columbia due to layoffs and/or reduction of hours.
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Today's Labor Quote: Mark Federici

"You are not alone. We are one union family, and we are in this together."

Federici is president of UFCW Local 400; [link removed] read more here

Today's Labor History

This week's [link removed] Labor History Today podcast: The Great Postal Strike, Watergate and "Casey Jones, the Union Scab" ; Longtime labor lawyer Jules Bernstein on the 1970 postal strike, AFL-CIO president George Meany on the Watergate scandal, and Pete Seeger on "Casey Jones, the Union Scab.
Last week's show: [link removed] Neutron Jack, Joker and Parasite

March 20
Michigan authorizes formation of workers' cooperatives. Thirteen are formed in the state over a 25-year period. Labor reform organizations were advocating "cooperation" over "competitive" capitalism following the Civil War and several thousand cooperatives opened for business across the country during this era. Participants envisioned a world free from conflict where workers would receive the full value of their labor and freely exercise democratic citizenship in the political and economic realms - 1865

The American Federation of Labor issues a charter to a new Building Trades Dept. Trades unions had formed a Structural Building Trades Alliance several years earlier to work out jurisdictional conflicts, but lacked the power to enforce Alliance rulings - 1908

Members of the International Union of Electrical Workers reach agreement with Westinghouse Electric Corp., end a 156-day strike - 1956

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that employers could not exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage a fetus - 1991

Three hundred family farmers at a National Pork Producers Council meeting in Iowa protest factory-style hog farms - 1997

March 21
American Labor Union founded - 1853

March 22
Mark Twain, a lifelong member of the International Typographical Union (now part of CWA), speaks in Hartford, Conn., extolling the Knights of Labor's commitment to fair treatment of all workers, regardless of race or gender - 1886

The Grand Coulee Dam on Washington state's Columbia River begins operation after a decade of construction. 8,000 workers labored on the project; 77 died - 1941

800 striking workers at Brown & Sharpe in Kingstown, R.I., are tear-gassed by state and local police in what was to become a losing 17-year-long fight by the Machinists union - 1982

A 32-day lockout of Major League Baseball players ends with an agreement to raise the minimum league salary from $68,000 to $100,000 and to study revenue-sharing between owners and players - 1990

A bitter six and one-half year UAW strike at Caterpillar Inc. ends. The strike and settlement, which included a two-tier wage system and other concessions, deeply divided the union - 1998

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