On today’s labor calendar: "A Conversation with Author Robert Tsai and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler" at 12 noon; Tsai is the author of the bestseller “Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation.”
For details and all the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1894, representatives from the American Federation of Labor, the Knights of Labor, populists, railroad brotherhoods and other trade unions held a unity conference in St. Louis but failed to overcome their differences. Today’s labor quote is by John L. Lewis, who died on this date in 1969. A legendary figure, he was president of the United Mine Workers from 1920 to 1960 and a driving force behind the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO. John L. Lewis, who said: “It is a sad commentary upon our form of government when every decision of the Supreme Court seems designed to fatten capital and starve and destroy labor.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about hitting a theme park with your family this summer, visit unionplus.org/entertainment to get savings at America’s favorite theme parks.
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Nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are hailing as a critical victory a settlement reached with the hospital which reaffirms the nurses’ guaranteed legal right to unionize, said the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
“This settlement makes clear that nurses have the right to form a union, we have a right to speak with our coworkers about a union, and Johns Hopkins does not have the legal right to target and intimidate nurses who engage in union activity,” said Alex Laslett, RN. “We are organizing at Johns Hopkins because we know a union affords nurses the protection we need to advocate freely for the best care for our patients,” Laslett added. The settlement requires that Johns Hopkins Hospital management post signs throughout the facility affirming the nurses’ right to form a union. For the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1872, unions were legalized in Canada. Today’s labor quote is by President John F. Kennedy, who signed the Equal Pay Act, mandating equal pay to women who are performing the same jobs as men, on this date in 1963: (audio) “I must say I’m a strong believer in equal pay for equal work and I think we ought to do better than we’re doing, And I’m glad you reminded me of it.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus, which offers wireless savings through AT&T Signature Program Discounts. To learn more about special savings offers, visit unionplus.org/att. Hosted by Chris Garlock
9a: The Union Leadership and Activism Masters program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst Cedric DeLeon: respected Labor researcher, author and professor. He is also the director of the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst Jess Speaker, SAG-AFTRA MidAtlantic Senior Business Representative, is currently a graduate student in the Union Leadership and Activism limited residency program. 9:30a: Organizing the circus: representing clowns and showgirls in the Ringling Circus Murray Horwitz: an American playwright, lyricist, NPR broadcaster, and arts administrator who began his career working with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus as a clown for three years. Chris Bricker: hosts Morning on the Salish every Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 11am on KPTZ FM, in storied Port Townsend, Washington. He's a graduate of the Ringling College of Clowns, Class of 1971 and worked with Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus for three years. Later, he traveled throughout Japan, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands and the continental U.S. performing in other circuses as well. Along the way, his musical saw playing came in handy. For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights.
Miriam Frank began her career as a professor in Detroit who launched women's studies at the community college level in the 1970s. She worked with the National Endowment for the Humanities to bring discussions and cultural events to union halls and community centers. In 1995, she began work on Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America, in which she collected oral histories from LGBTQ union activists, many of whom spoke to her at great risk to their personal safety and professional life. A decade later, the work was published and the voices of the activists she captured gave human shape to the intersection between the rights of working people and the rights of the LGBTQ community. Read more about Miriam and other labor leaders and activists profiled for Pride Month on our website at dclabor.org And for the latest local labor calendar listings, just click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1979, the founding convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers was held. The merger brought together the Retail Clerks Union and the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. Today’s labor quote is the chorus of songwriter Ray Korona’s song about the Pageant of the Paterson Strike, which was created and performed – just once, on this date in 1913 in New York City -- by 1,000 mill workers from the silk industry strike: Madison Square Garden never looked like this before A thousand workers made us feel the horror of class war It was dreamlike yet so lifelike; tragic yet so grand The Pageant of the Paterson Strike Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus, which offers wireless savings through AT&T Signature Program Discounts. To learn more about special savings offers, visit unionplus.org/att. |
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