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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