DC teachers voted overwhelmingly Friday to ratify a new contract, after five years working without one. The new deal would increase teacher pay and provide them a larger role in decision-making. The DC City Council must approve the contract before it takes effect.
And UFCW Local 400 members working at Shoppers unanimously ratified a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement on Monday after months of negotiations and member mobilization. The contract puts more money in workers’ pockets faster, and fully maintains their health and retirement security. Check out our complete reports on our website at dclabor.org Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1971, eleven AFSCME-represented prison employees and 33 inmates died in four days of rioting at New York State’s Attica Prison and the retaking of the prison. The riot caused the nation to take a closer look at prison conditions, for inmates and their guards alike. Today’s labor quote is by Herbert Blyden, who was incarcerated in Attica Prison during the 1971 uprising. Herbert Blyden, who said: "The world is hearing us! The world is seeing our struggle... And we are the vanguard! Standing here for all the oppressed peoples of the world." Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org.
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Hosted by Chris Garlock Featuring retired IBEW 26 member Dick Bissell on drums, Don Oliver on Bull Fiddle, and Jared Marx on keyboard. Black Coffee is a jazz combo born in 2005, playing jazz standards from the 30's and 40's. Produced by Korey Hartwich. Engineered by Robin Smith, Curtis Fye and Ciera Shine. With Labor Day now in the rear-view mirror, the Fall season of metro area labor activism and the arts is off and running.
“Films Across Borders: Stories of Migration” showcases inspiring stories of courage, hope, and determination. Films Across Borders runs October 8 – December 12 at venues throughout the metro area, and is hosted by a consortium of arts organizations that includes the DC LaborFest. There's a special Labor Night performance during the upcoming run of "The Pajama Game" at Arena Stage, and a talk at the Takoma Busboys and Poets with Lane Windham about her new book “Knocking on Labor’s Door” kicks off the latest season of Bread and Roses, the monthly labor culture series organized by the DC LaborFest. In October, the series expands to two additional Busboys locations in Hyattsville and Shirlington. Complete details on all of these, of course, at dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1998, New York City’s Union Square, the site of the first Labor Day in 1882, was officially named a national historic landmark. Today’s labor quote is from "Seven and a Half Cents," from the Pajama Game movie: Seven and a half cents doesn't buy a hell of a lot, Seven and a half cents doesn't mean a thing! But give it to me every hour, Forty hours every week, And that's enough for me to be living like a king! Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org. Accusing Metro of refusing to bargain in good faith, ATU Local 689 officially declared an impasse in contract negotiations last Friday and the union is seeking to invoke arbitration. Over 9,000 ATU Local 689 members, who work as the frontline employees at Metro, have been without a contract since July 2016.
“Negotiations are give and take,” said Local 689 president and lead negotiator Jackie Jeter. “All Metro wants to do is take. There is no way that Metro will improve if it plans to do so by destroying the morale of its workforce while offering less service and higher fares.” Day-to-day service at Metro will not be affected by the negotiating impasse, the union said. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 2001, more than 3,000 people died when suicide highjackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Among the dead in New York were 634 union members, the majority of them New York City firefighters and police on the scene when the towers fell. Today’s labor quote is by Edward Croker, Chief of the New York City Fire Department from 1899 to 1911. Edward Croker, who said: “When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. They were not thinking of getting killed when they went where death lurked. They went there to put the fire out, and got killed. Firefighters do not regard themselves as heroes because they do what the business requires.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which is committed to improving the quality of life for all working families; find out more at unionplus.org. |
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