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MD guards and state workers demand PPE

AFGE Elects Eric Bunn Sr. as National Secretary-Treasurer

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MD guards and state workers demand PPE
Oluwadamilol Olaniyan, a shop steward with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and correctional officer at Jessup Correctional Institution, implored Hogan to provide guards and other state workers with face masks and other tools to ensure their safety. "If we on the front lines are not being protected the way we should be protected we are bringing this virus to our families," Olaniyan said during a call set up by union leaders. Olaniyan is in self-quarantine after becoming exposed to another guard who tested positive last week. "We are not afraid of doing this job," he said. "We are afraid that we don't have the proper equipment" to do the job.
Excerpted from a report by Ann E. Marimow and Ovetta Wiggins in The Washington Post: [link removed] Civil rights advocates press Md. Gov. Larry Hogan to release elderly, at-risk prisoners to slow spread of coronavirus

AFGE Elects Eric Bunn Sr. as National Secretary-Treasurer
The American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (AFGE), on Friday elected then-AFGE District 14 National Vice President Eric Bunn Sr. as its new [link removed] National Secretary-Treasurer. AFGE represents 700,000 federal and D.C. government employees.
"I am truly grateful for the trust and faith that has been put in me as I assume the position of AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer," Bunn said. "I look forward to working together with the entire National Executive Council to further strengthen our federation's finances and address the many challenges being faced by our members."
Bunn began his career in public service at the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development, where he quickly rose to the position of Local President of AFGE Local 2725. A labor activist for over 25 years, he was first elected as National Vice President of AFGE District 14 in 2013, and has since been re-elected to three-year terms twice, in 2014 and again in 2017. AFGE's District 14 represents federal and D.C. government employees in the D.C. metropolitan area and those stationed overseas in Europe. He's also served on the Metro Washington Council's Executive Board, most recently as Treasurer.
"National Secretary-Treasurer Bunn brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to this position," said AFGE National President Everett Kelley. "I am excited to welcome him to the team, and I look forward to working together with our new National Secretary-Treasurer and the entire National Executive Council to meet the urgent needs of our members."

USA-made PPE & more
Union-imprinted face masks and face shields are now available from [link removed] ImagePointe, whose workers are proud members of Painters Local 246. Also available are Essential Workers t-Shirts as well as other promotional products. "Your people are working hard to keep America running and we can help them spread the message," says ImagePointe's Mike Webb. Email him at mailto:[email protected] [email protected].

Today's Labor Quote: Eleanor Roosevelt

"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."

Today's Labor History

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Sacco & Vanzetti at 100; What happened to MLK's dream?
Michele Fazio on "The Crime of the Century: Remembering Sacco and Vanzetti 100 Years Later"; Michael Honey, on "What Happened to Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream of Economic Justice?" Plus Saul Schniderman on Ida Mae Stull, the nation's first woman coal miner.
Last week's show: [link removed] Organizing during historic crises

10,000 demonstrators celebrate textile workers' win of a 10-percent pay hike and grievance committees after a one-month strike, Lowell, Mass. - 1912

Ludlow massacre: Colorado state militia, using machine guns and fire, kill about 20 people--including 11 children--at a tent city set up by striking coal miners - 1914

An unknown assailant shoots through a window at United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther as he is eating dinner at his kitchen table, permanently imparing his right arm. It was one of at least two assassination attempts on Reuther. He and his wife later died in a small plane crash under what many believe to be suspicious circumstances - 1948

United Auto Workers members end a successful 172 day strike against International Harvester, protesting management demands for new work rules and mandatory overtime provisions - 1980

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