Striking Frontier Communications workers are continuing to picket this week, despite being slapped with a temporary restraining order last week as the company requested an injunction — something CWA member Kyla Clark called “a major scare tactic.”
“We are strong, we are united, and we are committed to the fight for good jobs and quality service in West Virginia,” said CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney. The strike is now in its third week, with “tremendous support” from residents and business owners across West Virginia and as far away as Frontier headquarters in Connecticut, Mooney added. On today’s labor calendar, the Frontier Communications strike picket runs from 6am to 12pm at 22001 Loudoun County Parkway in Ashburn, Virginia. Complete details, as always, on our website, dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1857, women’s rights advocate and labor activist Alice Henry was born in Melbourne, Australia. She came to the U.S. in 1905 and worked for twenty years for the National Women’s Trade Union League of America in Chicago, lecturing, organizing, directing the education department, writing two books on women in the labor movement, and editing the League’s official journal. Today’s labor quote is by Alice Henry, who said: “If you give suffrage to men and not women you are putting women on a relatively lower plane. Society will go backward if women don't get to vote." Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!
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SEIU members have zeroed in on the Maryland capitol in their fight for voting rights and living wages. SEIU 1199-sponsored legislation allowing Marylanders to register to vote on Election Day passed the House of Delegates last week after intense lobbying from workers. While a similar measure passed the State Senate last year, the union says “we cannot take anything for granted,” and urges supporters to call their State Senators. Meanwhile, SEIU 32BJ members, alongside BWI Airport contracted workers, testified for a $15/hour living wage at the State Senate last week. “All workers who keep our airports running, clean, and secure deserve living wages,” the union said.
Today’s labor calendar is jam-packed, with transit workers rallying against privatization at noon, the APRI Baltimore chapter meeting at 5pm, the “We Were There” Women's History Month Special performance at 6pm at the Takoma Busboys and former labor activist Kim Jong-hoon speaking on “Korea at the Crossroads: War, Peace and North-South Talks” tonight at 6pm at the Brookland Busboys and Poets. Complete details, as always, on our website, dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1865, Michigan authorized the formation of workers’ cooperatives. Thirteen were formed in the state over a 25-year period as labor reform organizations advocated "cooperation" over "competitive" capitalism. Participants envisioned a world free from conflict where workers would receive the full value of their labor and freely exercise democratic citizenship in the political and economic realms. Today’s labor quote is by William Shakespeare, who said: “Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! Last week’s student walk-outs across the country “renews our hope for positive change,” says Washington Teacher’s Union president Elizabeth Davis. “Teachers nationwide are witnessing the value not only teaching their students civics but the three R’s that are not on the test,” Davis adds. “Resistance, rising up and revolution, all of which enable students to be the change they want to see in the world.” WTU and the American Federation of School Administrators are among the local supporters of the upcoming March 24 rally against gun violence at the U.S. Capitol by students and their allies; details here. “Power to the students and the teachers who teach them,” said Davis.
On today’s labor calendar, catch the "We Were There!" Women's Labor History multimedia presentation today at 4:30pm at the AFL-CIO, and then at 6pm there’s a March for a living wage on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis. Complete details on our website, dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1962, in an effort to block massive layoffs and end a strike, New York City moves to condemn and seize Fifth Avenue Coach, the largest privately owned bus company in the world. Today’s labor quote is by Bev Grant, from her song, “We Were There”” We were there in the factories, we were there in the mills, We were there in the mines, and came home to fix the meals. We were there on the picket lines. We raised our voices loud. It makes me proud, just knowing we were there. Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! The Department of Education, having made headlines over the past year for its attacks on both teachers and students, has now launched its newest attack directly at public employees. After months of anti-union proposals and hostile behavior at the bargaining table, Department of Education management told AFGE Council 252 President Claudette Young last Friday that it would not negotiate and would instead implement its own terms. “AFGE did not agree to these unilateral terms,” Young said. “AFGE is, and has been, eager to return to the table to negotiate a fair and just contract, which all employees deserve.” AFGE Council 252 represents 2,500 Department of Education employees across the country, including AFGE 2607’s in the DC area. Read more on our website at dclabor.org.
Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1960, the United Federation of Teachers was formed in New York to represent New York City public school teachers and, later, other education workers in the city. Today’s labor quote is by Albert Shanker, president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985 and president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997. Albert Shanker, who said: "There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities." Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! |
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