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Airport Union Caucus: Mon, February 1, 2pm – 3pm
Meeting of airport and airline unions.
Prince William County Labor Caucus: Mon, February 1, 7pm – 9pm
Meeting for union members and community allies in PWC.
George Mason Univ. Worker Rights Coalition: Tue, February 2, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Launch of a new coalition of campus employees, students, professors, and contract workers. GMU has a history of using contractors that exploit and cheat workers. Our coalition will ask GMU to respect worker rights and union rights for all.
Loudoun County Labor Caucus: Tue, February 2, 5pm – 7pm
Meeting of union members and community allies in Loudoun.
Missed last week's Your Rights At Work radio show? Catch the podcast here: Why “Work Won’t Love You Back”; Sarah Jaffe on her new book; AFGE’s Richard Loeb on President Biden revoking Trump’s Executive Orders targeting federal workers’ rights; Sophia Miyoshi, Restaurant Opportunities Center-DC Lead Organizer, on the upcoming webinar on Your Rights At Work In A Pandemic.
DC workers demand safe workplaces
The pandemic has made many jobs that are not typically considered dangerous potentially life-threatening for many workers. As DC gradually moves towards reopening in the middle of a deadly second wave, unions and their allies say that it’s crucial that the DC City Council take action now to ensure the safety of District workers. That’s why they’re calling on the Council to pass the Workplace Safety During the Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency Amendment Act of 2021. This bill will put in place several commonsense measures to protect District workers and ensure a responsible reopening of the District. The Council will be voting on this bill tomorrow; to send an email urging all Councilmembers to support the bill, CLICK HERE.
In Memoriam: Dave Stokes, LIUNA 710
Dave Stokes, Business Manager of LIUNA Local 710 has passed away. Stokes served on the Executive Board of the MD State and DC AFL-CIO, and was a board member of the Baltimore Labor Council Community Services. Arrangements are as follows: Viewing: Thursday, February 4, 5:00pm – 7:00pm. Vaughn Green Funeral Home, 8728 Liberty Road, Randallstown, MD 21133. Wake: Saturday February 6, 10:30am; Funeral: Saturday, February 6, 11:00 am, ChristChurch & Ministries, 5720 Old Court Road, Windsor Mill, MD 21244
Labor Quote: Ray Korona
Madison Square Garden never looked like this before
A thousand workers made us feel the horror of class war
It was dreamlike yet so lifelike; tragic yet so grand
The Pageant of the Paterson Strike
From his song Pageant of the Paterson Strike, which took place in 1913, when 25,000 silk workers walked out in Paterson, New Jersey in an unsuccessful six month strike for a shorter workday and better working conditions.
Today's Labor History
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: What’s the matter with labor history? The life and work of Anna Louise Strong, a 20th-century American journalist, activist, and labor supporter. Steelworker Mike Stout, author of The Homestead Steel Mill: The Final 10 Years. Historian Max Krochmal on Why don’t people know U.S. labor history and what can we learn from the past? Plus: The day New Orleans fired 7,000 teachers.
Last week’s show: The People, No
Led by 23-year-old Kate Mullaney, the Collar Laundry Union forms in Troy, N.Y, raises earnings for female laundry workers from two dollars to 14 dollars a week - 1864
Bricklayers begin working eight-hour days - 1867
The federal minimum wage increases to $1.60 per hour - 1968
- David Prosten
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