Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Leon Fink and Patrick Dixson. On this week's show: U.S. Supreme Court rules that undocumented workers don’t have the same rights as Americans; Sam Walton’s anti-union legacy; remembering Harry Bridges; Texas cowboys strike. PLUS: Saul Schniderman on Martin Luther King and striking sanitation workers in Memphis. Music this week includes “Glory,” with Common and John Legend, from the motion picture "Selma” and “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke. Members of Gas House Workers’ Union Local 18799 begin what is to become a 4-month recognition strike against the Laclede Gas Light Co. in St. Louis. The union later said the strike was the first ever against a public utility in the U.S. - 1935 Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers, members of AFSCME Local 1733, in Memphis, Tenn. Violence during the march persuades him to return the following week to Memphis, where he was assassinated – 1968 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services After three weeks on the picket lines, CWA members have claimed victory in their strike against Frontier Communications. The workers won their main demand of job security for every member as “a result of the solidarity and commitment each and every member showed during this strike,” said the union. Employees return to work this week, and union members will vote on the agreement in the following weeks. “Going on strike is never easy,” said CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney. “I could not be more proud of our members.” Check the CWA District 2-13 website for further updates. Photo credit: WV CWA Local DC nurses were among the local union members who showed up Saturday to support the tens of thousands of young people marching against gun violence. “Our message: stop gun violence, protect public health,” said NNU Political Director Ken Zinn. “Hats off to the students for shaking the nation’s conscience.” Let Union City know if your local also participated in Saturday’s march by emailing [email protected].
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