LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket line: Thu, September 12, 9:00am – 10:30am Rally for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway (UFCW 400): Thu, September 12, 11am – 1pm
Hundreds of grocery workers to rally and march today for fair contract
After a major strike in New England earlier this year, and with a massive strike looming on the West Coast, Giant and Safeway workers are rallying this morning to say ‘enough is enough.’ Hundreds of union members working at Giant and Safeway grocery stores will be joined by elected officials and community allies for a rally and march starting at 11a (see Calendar) to call for a fair contract in upcoming negotiations. The workers are members of UFCW Local 400 and their contracts expire on October 31st. Negotiations are expected to be contentious. This spring, 31,000 New England UFCW members struck Stop & Shop for 11 days before winning a fair contract. Stop & Shop, like Giant Food, is owned by Ahold Delhaize. “Our members make Giant and Safeway profitable and the dominant grocery chains in the Washington, D.C. area,” said UFCW Local 400 President Mark P. Federici, “and they have a right to a fair contract." photo: prepping for the march/rally; see more on Local 400's Facebook page 
BSO musicians reject contract offer
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians have voted to reject a pair of contract proposals that would have returned them to Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to open the 2019-20 season this weekend — but at the expense of summer concerts and likely facing a hefty future pay cut, according to Brian Prechtl and Greg Mulligan, co-chairmen of the Baltimore Symphony Musicians Players Committee (Prechtl will appear on WPFW's Your Rights At Work at 1p Thursday). The musicians’ vote to reject what the union spokesmen called "take it or leave it” contract options proposed by management was taken by electronic ballot Tuesday night and announced Wednesday afternoon. Prechtl described the vote result as “overwhelmingly” against both contract options proposed by the BSO’s management. No further negotiations have been scheduled, he said. The musicians have been working without a contract since January, and most have not been paid since June 14, when BSO management locked them out for the summer. adapted from a report in the Baltimore Sun Upcoming activities: Picketing continues Thursday, September 12 from 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. and Friday, September 13, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. The Baltimore Symphony Musicians are performing a free community concert this Saturday, September 14 at 4 p.m. at the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore. Also, a trio of BSO musicians will perform Tuesday at 6p at the Takoma Busboys and Poets in the monthly Bread and Roses series; RSVP here. 
Today's Labor Quote: Mark Federici
"What’s happened in New England and the West Coast suggest that our reasonable demands may well run into a wall of corporate greed, so we are letting management know now—before negotiations even begin—that our members are ready to do whatever it takes to gain a fair agreement. We’re hoping for the best, preparing for the worst, and mobilizing for all possibilities.” 
Today's Labor History Labor History Today (9/8): Longest – and most divisive – teacher strike in NYC history 
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