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"New Era" for Painters

Labor Photo: Do you remember how to reeve a 3 to 2?

Today's Labor Quote

Today's Labor History

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Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; [link removed] click here to hear today's report

[link removed] NoVa Labor Volunteer Phone Bank: Wed, September 8, 6pm - 8pm

Wednesdays with Warner for the PRO Act: Wed, September 8, 8:15am - 9:00am
Two locations; see below. Special guest Will Attig, Executive Director of Union Vets, will speak at Windmill Hill Park, 500 South Lee St., Alexandria at 8:30 am.
The Painters Union will carry its banner at Sen. Warner's District Office, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Vienna, VA at 8:30 am.

Alexandria Dems Labor Caucus: Wed, September 8, 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Contact mailto:[email protected] [email protected] for the link.

NoVA Labor Delegation to Richmond Strikes - Bakery Workers and LiUNA: Thu, September 9, 11:30am - 4:00pm
Nabisco Picket Line - Richmond - 11:30 am - 6002 Laburnum Ave., Varina, VA (BCTGM)
Fort Lee Barber Picket Line - Ft. Lee - 2:30 pm - Hopewell, VA (LiUNA)
RSVP: mailto:[email protected] [email protected]; [link removed] CLICK HERE to contribute to the Nabisco strike fund.

Union City Radio's Annual Labor Day show: [link removed] Music to start a workplace revolution! [link removed] With song titles, musicians and artist links!

"New Era" for Painters
The new president of the Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) union, Jimmy Williams Jr., is not only the youngest General President in IUPAT's history, he's the youngest president of any building trades union in the U.S. and the youngest among AFL-CIO affiliates. "We have to recommit our efforts on political action and organizing," Williams said, adding that "we have to become more inclusive. We have to give a voice to our membership that needs to be heard." Williams began his career with the IUPAT in 1998 as a glazier with District Council 21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before becoming Organizing Director and General Vice President. Incoming General Secretary-Treasurer Gregg Smith is a 4th generation painter and 29-year member of the union. [link removed] Read more here.

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Labor Photo: Do you remember how to reeve a 3 to 2?
"Level 2 Fly Floor -battens, snub knots, pin rail, loading weights, set a block on the grid, marked trims, & ran cues on the rail," tweeted IATSE Local 22's Training Fund on Monday with this photo. "Do you remember how to reeve a 3 to 2?"

Today's Labor Quote: Cesar Chavez

"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."

TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY

This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] The Battle of Blair Mountain; Remembering Ed Asner. Last week's show: [link removed] Marching on Washington: civil rights to voting rights.

Employers give in to the demands of striking miners in McKees Rock, Pa., agree to improved working conditions, 15 percent hike in wages and elimination of a "pool system" that gave foremen control over each worker's pay - 1909

Workers give up their Labor Day weekend holidays to keep the munitions factories working to aid in the war effort. Most Labor Day parades are canceled in respect for members of the Armed Services - 1942

United Farm Workers union begins historic national grape boycott and strike, Delano, Calif. - 1965

Some 2,600 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers begin what is to be a successful six-day strike for higher pay and against a two-tier wage system - 1997

- David Prosten. photo: 2021 March to Blair Mountain commemorating centennial.

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