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Strathmore contract campaign petition nears goal

Labor 2020 caravan to PA the SMART thing to do

Labor 2020: Labor's endorsed candidates

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[link removed] Airport Union Caucus: Tue, October 13, 2pm - 3pm

Labor 2020: Phone banking with Unite HERE Local 25 for Ed Lazere: Tue, October 13, 5pm - 8pm
contact David Stephen at mailto:[email protected] [email protected] to participate.

[link removed] Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, October 13, 5pm - 7pm

[link removed] Phone Bank for Abigail Spanberger: Tue, October 13, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

[link removed] MD/DC AFL-CIO Labor 2020 phonebank (NC): Tue, October 13, 6pm - 9pm

Labor 2020: Phone bank Against Montgomery County, MD Ballot Question B: Tue, October 13, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
contact David Stephen at mailto:[email protected] [email protected] to participate.

FILM: IN THE AISLES: Tue, October 13, 7pm - 9pm
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Labor 2020: MWC/Progressive Maryland text bank: Tue, October 13, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
contact David Stephen at mailto:[email protected] [email protected] to participate.

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This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] The Package King
Former Teamster activist Joe Allen on "A Rank-And-File History of UPS." Folklorist Bucky Halker interviews iron workers Sharon Sisson and her husband Richard for the America Works podcast. And, on this week's Labor History in 2: Born into Privilege, But...
Last week's show: [link removed] Roediger on "The Sinking Middle Class"; Feurer on Mother Jones' legacy

Strathmore contract campaign petition nears goal
The campaign to support ticketing staff at Strathmore is closing in on its goal of 6,400 signatures on their [link removed] online petition. Strathmore management reneged on the contract deal they struck with IATSE 868 earlier this year and have since laid off all of their part-time employees and half of their full-time staff with no benefits. "We could use your help getting the word out," says Local 868 Business Agent Anne Vantine.

Labor 2020 caravan to PA the SMART thing to do
With Pennsylvania shaping up to be a major battleground in the upcoming election, SMART 100's Tom Killeen is heading back up this week to help the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO with literature dropping at union households for Biden/Harris. "I'm driving up today (Tuesday), Thursday and Saturday," Killeen tells Union City. "It's an easy drive, the lit-dropping is fun and I'd love to have a caravan of metro DC-area labor folks join me!" Reach Tom at mailto:[email protected] [email protected] or call 443-784-9718

Labor 2020: Labor's endorsed candidates
The MWC's [link removed] endorsements page now includes labor endorsements in the DC City Council, the DC State Board of Education and Congressional endorsements in both Maryland and DC. "These political leaders have earned our support and we urge you to vote for them on November 3," says MWC Political and Legislative Director David Stephen.

Today's Labor Quote: David Falk

"The players are millionaires and the owners are billionaires. It doesn't take a person with a strong background in economics to understand there is a gross disparity in bargaining power."

David Falk is a sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association. On this date in 1998, the National Basketball Association canceled regular season games for the first time in its 51-year history, during a player lockout. Player salaries and pay caps were the primary issue. The lockout lasted 204 days.

Today's Labor History
This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] The Package King
Former Teamster activist Joe Allen on "A Rank-And-File History of UPS." Folklorist Bucky Halker interviews iron workers Sharon Sisson and her husband Richard for the America Works podcast. And, on this week's Labor History in 2: Born into Privilege, But...
[link removed] Last week's show: Roediger on "The Sinking Middle Class"; Feurer on Mother Jones' legacy

American Federation of Labor votes to boycott all German-made products as a protest against Nazi antagonism to organized labor within Germany - 1934

More than 1,100 office workers strike Columbia University in New York City. The mostly female and minority workers win union recognition and pay increases - 1985

Hundreds of San Jose Mercury News newspaper carriers end 4-day walkout with victory - 2000

- David Prosten

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