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Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, October 7, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
Hosts: Chris Garlock and Ed Smith; JOIN US AT 202-588-0893.
Today’s guests: LIVE from the BCTGM picket line in Battle Creek, MI, BCTGM Local 3G president Trevor Bidelman; plus Benjy Cannon on the UNITE HERE Hilton Housekeeping Campaign.
Arlington Dems Labor Caucus: Thu, October 7, 6pm – 7pm
Special meeting on wage theft in the construction industry.
How you can support striking Kellogg workers
As reported yesterday, at midnight on Tuesday, 1,400 workers at four Kellogg’s plants went on strike against the company. Click here to add your name to support members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) who are holding strong on the picket line, and here for links to their strike funds. In addition to demanding givebacks and cuts, Kellogg’s continues to threaten to send additional jobs to Mexico if workers don’t accept proposals that take away protections they’ve had for decades. Adding insult to injury, the company even wants to remove the union bug from boxes of cereals like Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran and Froot Loops.
Live from Battle Creek, MI: Tune in at 1p on WPFW’s Your Rights At Work radio show today to hear BCTGM Local 3G president Trevor Bidelman discuss the strike.
Solidarity Center Podcast: Nigerian Informal Workers Demand Decent Work
A new Solidarity Center-supported report shows collective bargaining agreements ensure worker rights, health and dignity of the workers harvesting palm oil in Colombia, bananas in Guatemala, strawberries in Mexico and grapes, olives and wine in Morocco. Researchers found that unions are performing the task of government to protect workers’ legal rights, increasing stability in otherwise precarious employment sectors and providing a mechanism for women to advance gender equality in job status and earnings as well as address rampant gender-based violence associated with their jobs. Find out more at Solidarity Center.
Today's Labor Quote: Pandemic Duck
“Put down the spoon, pick up a sign! #no gains #no grains”
Pandemic Duck draws the news in #PandemicDucks; see it also @VillagePortland @WillametteWeek @WeekenderNJ
This week’s Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: Sharecroppers’ struggles for rights and power. Last week's show: Feathers and Pennies - the 1888 Matchgirls and us.
An explosion at Osage Coal and Mining Company’s Mine Number 11 near Krebs, Okla. kills 100, injures 150 when an untrained worker accidentally sets off a stash of explosives - 1892
Wobblie Tom Mooney, accused of a murder by bombing in San Francisco, pardoned and freed after 22 years in San Quentin - 1939
The presidents of 12 of the nation’s largest unions meet and call for reuniting the American labor movement, which split into two factions in 2005 when when seven unions left the AFL-CIO and formed a rival federation. The meeting followed signals from President-elect Barack Obama that he would prefer dealing with a united movement, rather than a fractured one that often had two competing voices. Unions from both sides of the split participated in the meeting. The reunification effort failed - 2009
- David Prosten.
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