Evening with Labor nominations are still open; click here now to let us know who you think should be recognized for their outstanding contributions to the metro-area labor community this year. Award categories are: Community Services, COPE, Organizing, and the Golden Picket Sign. photo: 2017 Golden Picket award-winners AFSCME Maryland Council 3; photo by Chris Langford "Single-handed we can accomplish nothing; but united there is no power of wrong we may not openly defy."
Sylvis founded the National Labor Union (see History, below). The NLU was organized in Baltimore in August 1866 and demanded the adoption of the 8-hour day, the establishment of producer cooperatives, and the right for wage-earners to organize unions. William Sylvis, founder of the National Labor Union, born - 1828 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, precursor to IBEW, founded - 1891 A total of 154 men die in a coal mine explosion at Marianna, Pa. Engineer and General Superintendent A.C. Beeson tells the local newspaper he had been in the mine a few minutes before the blast and had found it to be in perfect condition - 1908 Some 400 New York City photoengravers working for the city’s newspapers, supported by 20,000 other newspaper unionists, begin what is to become an 11-day strike, shutting down the papers - 1953 click here for complete latest listings
Union City Radio; weekdays 7:15am; WPFW-FM 89.3 2018 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award Ceremony Tue, November 27, 5:30pm – 7:00pm; AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 Honoring the National Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Alliance $25 donation requested; RSVP here Film: "Adios Amor - The Search for Maria Moreno" (Shirlington) Tue, November 27, 6pm – 8pm; Busboys and Poets, 4251 South Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206 The discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot... Free; RSVP here Tri-County COPE Tue, November 27, 7pm – 9pm; American Legion, 6330 Crain Hwy, La Plata, MD |