After eight staffers were injured during a riot at a Frederick County juvenile detention facility last weekend, AFSCME Maryland president Patrick Moran lambasted Governor Larry Hogan for his “failure to address the critical understaffing in state facilities.” Frequent fighting and assaults at the facility prompted the Maryland Attorney General’s office to recommend hiring more staff and capping the number of residents. “For years, we have warned about the dangerous impact short staffing has on our communities,” added Moran. “We fear that incidents like this will become more and more common unless Governor Hogan starts to prioritize Maryland families. Our kids deserve better. Our staff deserve better. Maryland deserves better.”
Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors in the workplace. Today’s labor quote is by Jackie Robinson, the first Black ballplayer hired by a major league team, who played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbetts Field on this date in 1947. Jackie Robinson, who said: “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” He also said "There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free." 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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Hosted by Chris Garlock SongRise is a DC-based, women's social justice a cappella group. "SongRise encourages perseverance, raises awareness, breaks down barriers, touches hearts and inspires action through song. Inspired by the rich tapestry of voices raised for change, the founders of SongRise gathered their colleagues and friends to sing for social justice." "We use our music to inspire the fight for social change. We offer up our singing talents at community events, rallies, protests, farmer's markets, civil rights celebrations, arts showcases, schools, prisons, the Capitol ... you name it, we will stand up and sing! Our mission is to inspire action through song." "As a social justice based a Capella group, we have some songs that deal directly with workers rights, and then a number that deal with the inter-sectional nature of justice. One song on our list, Bread and Roses, is written following the women's textile strike in the early 1900's. Another song we sing, Breath Fire, follows the story of the workers of the Union Carbide fertilizer plant in Bophal,India, after a major chemical spill. Our repertoire includes songs that focus on Environmental justice, racial justice, equality and empowerment, domestic violence, sexual assault, LGBTQI+ rights, gender equity, religious tolerance, and solidarity." SongRise itself is a collective of people who pool their talent and then lend their music to other social justice causes. Today’s setlist includes A Change; Breathe Fire; Mountain Song; I’m Gon Stand; We Shall; Trillogy; Glory; Ain’t Gonna; Woke Up; B&R; Living Planet. Labor Live@5 produced by Jason Roe; engineering by Ciera Shine and Robin Smith; photo by Chris Bangert-Drowns. Did you know that as many as 68% of people working low-wage jobs in large cities experience wage theft every week? That adds up to roughly $15 billion dollars annually! DC Jobs with Justice, along with the Just Pay coalition, are hosting a Stand With Workers Town Hall on this issue tonight from 6:30 - 8:00p at Westminster Presbyterian Church; details are on our website at dclabor.org, click on Calendar.
Also on today's labor calendar, the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will host U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro for a special report from Congress on efforts to defend workers, families, and the most vulnerable citizens; that starts at 8pm tonight at Georgetown University and we have details on our website at dclabor.org Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 2006, tens of thousands of immigrants demonstrated in 100 U.S. cities in a national day of action billed as a campaign for immigrants’ dignity. Some 200,000 gathered here in Washington, D.C. Today’s labor quote is by Dolores Huerta, born on this date in 1930. Along with Cesar Chavez, she co-founded the United Farm Workers. Dolores Huerta, who said: “I think organized labor is a necessary part of democracy. Organized labor is the only way to have fair distribution of wealth.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! Teachers at Anacostia High School walked out last Wednesday over plumbing problems that flooded cafeterias and shut down bathrooms. “The issue is bigger than just plumbing,” said Ronald Edmonds, a history teacher at Anacostia who also serves as the school’s representative to the Washington Teachers’ Union. “It’s about disrespect.” Teachers have spoken out about overwork and unfair performance evaluation, in addition to the plumbing problems. Teacher’s Union president Elizabeth Davis said that the current performance evaluation system is “putting a chokehold on whether [teachers] are allowed to speak out about conditions that are just not right,” adding, “Teachers are just not willing to be a part of that.” The demonstrators finished their hour-long walkout before resuming classes.
Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1930, the IWW organized the 1,700-member crew of the Leviathan ocean liner, then the world’s largest vessel. Today’s labor quote is from the song Woke Up This Morning, a revamp of an old gospel song, created by Reverend Osby of Aurora Illinois in the Hinds County jail during the freedom rides and sung here by John Legend: Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom I said I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom Well I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom Hallelu, hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, hallelujah 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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