The People’s Climate Movement March is thisSaturday, April 29th at noon. Here’s a quick rundown on labor-related events over the next few days. Tonight at 6, join ONE DC and Empower DC to learn why they're marching this weekend, at the People's Platform Forum: Wellness for People and the Earth. On Friday at 7p, Joe Uehlein and the U-Liners are hosting a Reception for the Labor Contingent and Friends. Saturday at 11a, the Labor Network for Sustainability and Green Latinos will be each hosting their own events before joining the march at noon. After the March, on Sunday at 10a the People’ Climate Movement will meet to discuss strategies of how to build on the momentum of the march. - Mayra Alaniz Hundreds of contracted service workers at both National Airport and Dulles will walk off the job this morning on strike to protest federal labor violations charged against their employer, Huntleigh Corporation. The union is charging that the company surveilled, interrogated, arbitrarily disciplined a worker and fired a worker for lawfully protected activities. This will be the second time these Huntleigh workers have gone on strike. The workers will be joined by Virginia Delegates Alfonso Lopez and Paul Krizek as well as clergy and community supporters for a rally at 11:00 AM. photo: 11/29/2016 march at National Airport; photo by Chris Garlock "As we come marching, marching, we bring the Greater Days The rising of the women means the rising of the race No more the drudge and idler--ten that toil where one reposes But sharing of life's glories: Bread and Roses, Bread and Roses!” First strike for 10-hour day, by Boston carpenters - 1825 James Oppenheim’s poem “Bread and Roses” published in IWW newspaper Industrial Solidarity - 1911 President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment. The order listed “sexual perversion” as a condition for firing a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants - 1953 A cooling tower for a power plant under construction in Willow Island, West Virginia collapses, killing 51 construction workers in what is thought to be the largest construction accident in U.S. history. OSHA cited contractors for 20 violations, including failures to field test concrete. The cases were settled for $85,000—about $1,700 per worker killed - 1978 Compiled/edited by Union Communication Services |