A panel of labor leaders and activists will discuss “the tremendous work being done to continue to build the recruitment and training and the leadership of women in the building trades” at “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Women n the Trades” today (see Calendar). The panelists – including AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, North America's Building Trades Unions Secretary-Treasurer Brent Booker, and IBEW Local 26’s Cordelia McCoy, will shine a spotlight on the Trades Women Build Nations Conference, on community partnerships that recruit women into apprentice programs, on the potential to recruit women veterans into the trades, and on how this all builds economic power for women workers. The panel will be followed by a reception to close the AFL-CIO lobby exhibit "On Equal Terms" from artist and IBEW sister Susan Eisenberg, celebrating the history of women in the trades. photo by Chris Garlock Circus workers of the world, unite! Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week’s show: A rollicking hour with former union clowns Murray Horwitz and Chris Bricker; both were graduates of the Ringling College of Clowns, Class of 1971 and went on to become professional clowns and then union reps at the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus. Horwitz went on to become an American playwright, lyricist, NPR broadcaster, and arts administrator, and Bricker is a longtime labor organizer and saw-playing member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 1000, the acoustic travelling musicians union. Congress passes the National Labor Relations Act, creating the structure for collective bargaining in the United States - 1935 A 26-day strike of New York City hotels by 26,000 workers—the first such walkout in 50 years—ends with a 5-year contract calling for big wage and benefit gains - 1985 A.E. Staley locks out 763 workers in Decatur, Ill. The lockout was to last two and one-half years – 1993 Labor history courtesy Union Communication Services click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15a; WPFW-FM 89.3 Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket line: Wed, June 26, 7:30am – 10:30am Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (Day 7 photo by John Barry) Building Workers’ Power – Transforming the Rules and Creating a More Just Global Economy: Wed, June 26, 12:00pm – 1:15pm Pre-register & pay online: www.dclera.org. UFCW 400 Week of Action at Shoppers: Coral Hills, MD: Wed, June 26, 4pm – 6pm Shoppers #2626/2345 4801 Marlboro Pike, Coral Hills, MD UPCOMING Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket line: Thu, June 27, 7:30am – 10:30am Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201 UFCW 400 Week of Action at Shoppers: Alexandria, VA: Thu, June 27, 11am – 1pm Shoppers #2649/2365 (3801 Jefferson Davis Highway, Alexandria, VA Union City Radio: Your Rights at Work: Thu, June 27, 1pm – 3pm WPFW 89.3 FM or listen online Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Women in the Trades: Thu, June 27, 3:30pm – 5:30pm AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005; RSVP here UFCW 400 Week of Action at Shoppers: Fairfax, VA: Thu, June 27, 4pm – 6pm Shoppers #2615/2336 (9622 Main Street, Fairfax, VA) UFCW 400 Week of Action at Shoppers: Falls Church, VA: Thu, June 27, 4pm – 6pm Shoppers #2648/2364 (6360 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church, VA) |