In honor of the just-concluded Women’s History Month, AFT-Maryland has highlighted the work of four women who are leaders in their union locals and communities, including LaKebra Clark, a paraprofessional and member of the Baltimore Teachers Union, who organized a shoe drive for needy students in her school and helped lead the BTU’s “Bringing Back Baltimore” campaign. Read about all of the women on our website at dclabor.org
And a bill bolstering pensions for law enforcement officers in Western Maryland has passed the Maryland House of Delegates, despite a “no” vote from one Western Maryland Republican. “We are glad the bill passed,” said UFCW Local 1994 rep Lisa Blackwell-Brown, who represents 50 members of the Cumberland Police Department. “We are surprised anyone would vote against people who are tasked to protect us.” Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 2006, minor league umpires called a strike that wound up lasting two months, ending with a slight improvement in pay. Today’s labor quote is by Rose Schneiderman, born on this date in 1882. Schneiderman was a member of the New York Women's Trade Union League, and an active participant in the Uprising of the 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York City in 1909. She’s famous for an angry speech about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which she said: “Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers…Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.”
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Also, if you miss our live show – or want to hear a past show – Your Rights At Work is now available as a podcast! Just search for Union City Radio on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts; subscribe and you’ll get our shows right on your phone! Guests: Hour 1 (top) Ralph Nader on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour, which starts next week in the 1-2p slot on WPFW (YRAW moves to 2-3p). Nader is joined by co-hosts Steve Skrovan and David Feldman for a lively informative hour of interviews with some of the nation’s most influential movers and shakers, and thought provoking discussions of the week’s news. Hour 2 (bottom) Bernice Yeung, author: “In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers" Labor Song: The Strike Song by The Shuggies Harold Meyerson: "My takes on what the teachers' strikes mean" CREDITS: Produced by Pete Pocock and Chris Bangert-Drowns; engineered by Mike “The Man” Nasella and Robin Smith; Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus. UnionPlus is committed to improving the quality of life of working families. Find out more at unionplus.org. And we’re supported by you, our listeners. With water bills skyrocketing in recent years, DC families, seniors, and churches are organizing to demand relief and save their homes. A coalition of organizations, including the Metro Washington Council, is urging residents to share their concerns at a series of Town Halls DC Water is holding across the District. “Many of our city’s most vulnerable residents are at risk of losing their homes and property due to liens placed on them by DC Water,” said Metro Council president Jackie Jeter.
On today’s labor calendar, our guests on today’s special 2-hour edition of Your Rights at Work – starting at 1pm here on WPFW -- include Ralph Nader on his new radio show right here on WPFW. Then tonight at 6:30 there’s a Town Hall on DC’s high water bills in Ward 4; For complete details, go to dclabor.org, and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 2001, some 14,000 teachers struck Hawaii schools and colleges. Today’s labor quote is by Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America, after a huge underground explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia killed 29 miners on this date in 2010. Cecil Roberts, who described mine operator Massey Energy as: “A rogue corporation, acting without real regard for mine safety and health law and regulations, that established a physical working environment that can only be described as a bomb waiting to go off.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org! Hosted by Chris Garlock and Damon Silvers
Part of WPFW’s daylong program “MLK Interrupted: Poverty, Racism and Economic Inequality 50 years Later.” Guests: Hour 1 (top): Jackie Jeter, president of the Metro Washington Council and ATU Local 689 here in DC, reporting LIVE from the I AM 2018 50th Anniversary of Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike and March in Memphis. Joe McCartin, labor historian and executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Author of many books and articles, including 'Fire the Hell Out of Them': Sanitation Workers’ Struggles and the Normalization of the Striker Replacement Strategy in the 1970s." Labor: Studies in the Working-Class History. (2005) Hour 2 (second from top): Joseph Rosenbloom, author "Redemption: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last 31 Hours." Michael Honey, author of brand-new book “To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice.” Music and actualities include: “Glory” by Common & John Legend (from the movie “Selma”) “The Legacy” (AFL-CIO video) Bree Newsome, Elle Hearns, Tef Poe and Tori Russell discuss Martin Luther King Jr. and how his legacy plays a role in the struggle for civil rights today. “33 Letters and a Tragedy of Historic Proportions” (AFL-CIO video) Secretary Bonnie Blair tells the untold story of the 33 letters that led to the historic strike by Memphis sanitation workers, which brought King to Memphis in 1968. "Woke Up This Morning" by John Legend (from The Soundtrack For A Revolution) |
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