LABOR CALENDAR; click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily
WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report
BMA Union at "Guarding the Art" Media Preview Day: Tue, March 22, 9:30am – 12:00pm
Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD, East Lobby Roundabout (To the right of the “historic entrance” with the classical pediment and pillars)
Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, March 22, 5pm – 7pm
Elections for the 2022-25 MWC Executive Board.
Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, March 24, 1pm – 2pm
WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online.
CLUW-DC program: A Dialogue About Heart Disease: Thu, March 24, 7pm – 9pm
WomynSong Concert: Sat, March 26, 7pm – 9pm
$5-$100 (no one turned away); CLICK HERE for tickets.
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Golden Triangle Ambassadors ratify new union contract
Nearly two dozen Block by Block employed ambassadors who keep the Golden Triangle BID clean, help people with directions and set up special events, ratified their first contract with 32BJ SEIU last week. Most workers will see hourly wage increases of more than a dollar an hour, increasing to $18 by 2024. Workers will also receive nine holidays, including Juneteenth, up to four weeks of vacation after 10 years, six days of sick leave per year and three bereavement days. |
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Alliance for Justice workers ratify first contract
WBNG members at the Alliance for Justice voted unanimously last month to ratify the first union contract in the organization’s 43-year history. Workers made significant progress on their three top priorities: salaries – especially for junior workers – health insurance and protections against discrimination. They also won improvements in leave, work hours, remote work and other benefits. “The piece I’m most excited about is when we list out what discriminatory behavior can include,” said Aaron True, a member of the negotiating team. The contract says, “Examples of discriminatory behavior include, but are not limited to, excluding, ignoring, sidelining, or belittling staff during meetings, discussions, or decision-making in the course of work, on the basis of a protected characteristic or activity.”
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BMA Union at "Guarding the Art" Media Day tomorrow
Baltimore Museum of Art guards, who are organizing a BMA union with AFSCME Council 67, are urging supporters to turn out tomorrow (see Calendar) to support their organizing drive at the "Guarding the Art" media preview day. The show features works from the BMA’s collection, across eras, genres, cultures, and mediums, selected by guest curators from the BMA’s Security department. As guest curators, the officers collaborated with leadership and staff across the museum to select and reinterpret works.
photo: BMA guard Kellen Johnson in the Baltimore Museum of Art with Hale Woodruff, Normandy Landscape, 1928. Courtesy: Baltimore Museum of Art; photograph: Mitro Hood |
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Today’s labor quote: Gwyn Dixon
“By coming together and joining 32BJ, we were able to get a good contract with the raises we deserve as essential workers.”
Gwyn Dixon, an SEIU 32BJ member and Block by Block employed Golden Triangle Ambassador. |
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This week’s Labor History Today podcast: Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver; Last week's show: Union women heroes, past and present.
March 21
American Labor Union founded. A socialist labor organization whose membership was largely confined to the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming, the ALU later took part in the creation of the Industrial Workers of the World. – 1853
March 22
Mark Twain, a lifelong member of the International Typographical Union (now part of CWA), speaks in Hartford, Conn., extolling the Knights of Labor’s commitment to fair treatment of all workers, regardless of race or gender – 1886
800 striking workers at Brown & Sharpe in Kingstown, R.I. are tear-gassed by state and local police in what was to become a losing 17-year-long fight by the Machinists union – 1982
A 32-day lockout of major league baseball players ends with an agreement to raise the minimum league salary from $68,000 to $100,000 and to study revenue-sharing between owners and players - 1990
- David Prosten
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