After 82 days -- the longest transit strike in this region's history-- the Cinder Bed Road bus strike may be over. Late Tuesday afternoon, ATU Local 689 announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with Transdev that covers the workers at WMATA's Cinder Bed Road Facility. The tentative agreement includes improved healthcare and retirement plans along with substantial wage increases.
And on Wednesday, DC Attorney General Karl Racine announced that Power Design, a national electrical contractor, will be required to pay $2.75 million dollars to workers and the District as part of a settlement in a wage theft and worker misclassification case. On this weekend’s labor calendar, march with the Coalition of Labor Union Women at the Women’s March on Saturday; meet them at 9am on Freedom Plaza; Then on Sunday, don’t miss the “Gonna Take Us All MLK Holiday Ball” starting at 8pm at the Silver Spring Civic Building; for ticket info and all the latest labor events listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988, guaranteeing federal workers the right to join unions and bargain collectively. Today’s labor quote is from “Take This Job and Shove It,” by Johnny Paycheck, listed by Billboard magazine as the most popular song in the U.S. on January 18, 1978: Take this job and shove it, I ain't working here no more My woman done left and took all the reasons I was working for You better not try to stand in my way 'cause I'm walkin' out the door Take this job and shove it, I ain't working here no more Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus.Hey, ring in 2020 with a resolution you can actually keep, and that’s to get life insurance. The Union Plus Life Insurance program can help secure your family’s financial well-being. The unique assistance benefits of Union Plus Life Insurance policies provide extra peace of mind for union families. Visit unionplus.org/lifeinsurance.
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