The hockey player who, talking about players carrying signs during a brief 1992 hockey strike, said: "Well that should be easy, we already have the sticks." Plumbers train vets; MoJo goes digital; Click here to check out this week's Labor History Today podcast. On this week’s show: The Plumbers celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Veterans in Piping Program, and Mother Jones goes digital! July 31 Members of the National Football League Players Association begin what is to be a two-day strike, their first. The issues: pay, pensions, the right to arbitration and the right to have agents - 1970 Fifty-day baseball strike ends - 1981 August 1 The Great Shipyard Strike of 1999 ends after Steelworkers at Newport News Shipbuilding ratify a breakthrough agreement which nearly doubles pensions, increases security, ends inequality, and provides the highest wage increases in company and industry history to nearly 10,000 workers at the yard. The strike lasted 15 weeks - 1999 Sid Hatfield, police chief of Matewan, W. Va., a longtime supporter of the United Mine Workers union, is murdered by company goons. This soon led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, a labor uprising also referred to as the Red Neck War - 1921 Police in Hilo, Hawaii, open fire on 200 demonstrators supporting striking waterfront workers. The attack became known as "the Hilo Massacre" - 1938 The American Federation of Musicians begins a strike against the major American recording companies in a fight over royalty payments. Decca records settled with the union after one year, followed shortly by Capitol Records, while Victor and Columbia held out for another year before agreeing to the union’s terms. The strike did not affect musicians performing on live radio shows or in concerts. - 1942 A 17-day, company-instigated wildcat strike in Philadelphia (above) tries to bar eight African-American trolley operators from working. Transport Workers Union members stay on the job in support of the men - 1944 click here for latest listings Union City Radio: 7:15a M-F; WPFW-FM 89.3 NoVA Labor candidate interviews: Mon, July 29, 10am – 3pm; Tue, July 30, 2pm – 6pm NoVA Labor 4536 John Marr Dr Annandale, VA 22003-3308 Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket line: Mon, July 29, 11:00am – 12:30pm Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD 21201 photo by John Barry UNITE HERE Local 23 members who work for Aramark picketed again last Saturday at the Convention Center in downtown DC. The food and beverage workers have already authorized a strike and plan “weekly actions until we strike or Aramark settles,” reports Allison Burket. After two weeks of public action, Aramark came back to the table to negotiate, “but negotiations remain stalled over Aramark’s proposal to replace long-term banquet staff with outside, non-union subcontractors,” says Burk. photo from UNITE HERE 23 Twitter feed |