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U.S. unions stand in solidarity with Ukraine unions and people
Roanoke labor rally tomorrow to support Starbucks workers
Healthcare heroes in Prince George's County need your help
Mark Your Calendar: Labor Nights at the Wizards
Today's Labor Quote
Today's Labor History
 
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Roanoke Labor Rally to Support Starbucks Workers: Sat, February 26, 9am - 11am
Roanoke Starbucks, 8 Old Whitmore Ave, Roanoke VA (Bridges) ([link removed] map)
9:00 AM Rally; 10:00 AM Press Conference with VA Delegate Sam Rasoul.
If you missed yesterday's Your Rights At Work radio show -- [link removed] Workers say No to war in Ukraine - catch the podcast here!
U.S. unions stand in solidarity with Ukraine unions and people
As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine called on "all global trade union organizations, brothers and sisters from trade unions in different countries for solidarity," the AFL-CIO joined with unions around the world "standing in solidarity with our union partners in Ukraine," tweeted AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler yesterday. "We demand an immediate withdrawal of Russian troops and a commitment to political and diplomatic solutions to the crisis that will cause needless suffering and hardship for people throughout the country." Other unions speaking out included National Nurses United, whose president, Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN, said that "The danger of even greater escalation - which potentially involves the two largest nuclear-armed nations in the world - is particularly chilling. That threat should further impel all parties involved to seek a peaceful, diplomatic solution to this crisis immediately."
Roanoke labor rally tomorrow to support Starbucks workers
Union members and activists will rally tomorrow morning in Roanoke (see Calendar) to support Starbucks workers and their recent efforts to unionize. "We baristas are the face of the company, we are the ones making the drinks and having the conversations and connections with our customers, yet we are not given the decency of safety or livable wages," said Starbucks Workers United Committee of Midlothian and Carmia Way in North Chesterfield, Virginia. As [link removed] reported here earlier this week, there are now 10 stores unionizing in the state. Just this week, the NLRB heard petitions from workers at two Richmond area stores that filed documents last month (11136 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield and at 6980 Forest Hill Ave.) and following the hearing, the next step will be secret ballot elections at these two stores in March.
Healthcare heroes in Prince George's County need your help
Prince George's County has been hit hard by COVID-19, "and without enough staff, healthcare workers are stretched beyond their limits," reports 1199 SEIU's Djawa Hall. "Every day, facilities are so short-staffed that healthcare workers worry about the safety of the patients they care for," says Hall. To provide high-quality care, he says, the County needs funding for safe staffing. [link removed] Click here now to urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to fund safe staffing levels for PG County, and look for the #SafeStaffingPG hashtag on Twitter today to retweet your support. "Thank you for standing up for safe staffing in PG County," says Hall.
Mark Your Calendar: Labor Nights at the Wizards
The first Wizards Labor Night is set for March 29, when the team will play the Chicago Bulls. Ticket prices range from $19 to $175 and the Community Services Agency will receive $5.00 for each ticket sold. [link removed] Click here to order, or, for large groups, contact Grant Mintz at 202-661-5075 or email mailto:
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Today's labor quote: Edwin Starr
War...What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!
From his 1970 smash hit (see video above).
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TODAY'S LABOR HISTORY
This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] Black labor in Richmond. Last week's episode: [link removed] The Irish Immigrant Miners' Memorial.
February 25
Labor organizer and civil rights activist Edgar Daniel Nixon dies. While working as a Pullman porter, Nixon organized the Montgomery local of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and served as its president for many years. He was a key organizer of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and co-founder of the Montgomery Improvement Association. 1987
February 26
Bethlehem Steel workers strike for union recognition, Bethlehem, Penn. - 1941
A coal slag heap doubling as a dam in West Virginia's Buffalo Creek Valley collapsed, flooding the 17-mile long valley. 118 died, 5,000 were left homeless. The Pittston Coal Co. said it was "an Act of God." - 1972
A 20-week strike by 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers ends, with both sides claiming victory - 2004
February 27
Birth of John Steinbeck in Salinas, Calif. Steinbeck is best known for writing "The Grapes of Wrath," which exposed the mistreatment of migrant farm workers during the Depression and led to some reforms - 1902
Thirty-eight miners die in a coal mine explosion in Boissevain, Va. - 1932
Legendary labor leader and socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs becomes charter member and secretary of the Vigo Lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Five years later he is leading the national union and in 1893 helps found the nation's first industrial union, the American Railway Union - 1875
450 Woolworth's workers and customers occupy store for eight days in support of Waiters and Waitresses Union, Detroit - 1937
The Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes, a major organizing tool for industrial unions, are illegal - 1939
- David Prosten
 
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