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This week’s Labor History Today podcast: This week's show: Murder, Race and (In)Justice. Last week's show: Tom Morello holds the line.
November 24 Led by Samuel Gompers, who would later found the American Federation of Labor, Cigarmakers International Union Local 144 is chartered in New York City - 1875 November 25 Teachers strike in St. Paul, Minn., the first organized walkout by teachers in the country. The month-long “strike for better schools” involving some 1,100 teachers—and principals—led to a number of reforms in the way schools were administered and operated - 1946 November 26 Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door from which the women could flee was locked - 1910 November 27 1,200 workers sit down at Midland Steel, forcing recognition of the United Auto Workers, Detroit - 1936 November 28 National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, precursor to IBEW, founded - 1891 - David Prosten. click here for latest listings
Union City Radio: 7:15am daily WPFW-FM 89.3 FM; click here to hear today's report Metro Washington Council Delegate meeting: Tue, November 23, 5pm – 7pm RSVP here Wednesdays with Warner #36: Wed, November 24, 8:15am – 9:15am Windmill Hills Park, 500 South Lee St., Alexandria Join us for the 36th weekly gathering to ask Senator Warner to sign on to the PRO Act. The PRO Act would give workers the right to join unions and would eliminate the Jim Crow-era "right to work" laws. If you want to understand how corporations like Amazon and Starbucks prevent workers from unionizing, check out John Oliver's excellent explanation. MWC/CSA/CAP Offices Closes for Holiday: Wed, November 24, 12pm; offices closed Thu/Fri November 25/26 “We have completed our first contract for the Children’s School Services Techs in the DC Public Schools,” reports Metropolitan District 1199DC Executive Director Wanda Shelton-Martin. “Our members ratified a three-year contract to include 9.25% increases over the three years and a ratification bonus.” Shelton-Martin also thanked DCNA’s Robin Burns “for suggesting that the workers may be interested in joining (1199DC). Way to go with solidarity.”
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