“You pull the bag up, the piece goes in, you pull the bag down, the piece goes out.” Union stagehands John Page -- Secretary Treasurer at IATSE Local 22 -- and Brendan Collie were featured in Washington Post columnist John Kelly's June 26 article about the switch from old-fashioned sandbags and ropes to a modern system of steel cables and metal weights to move scenery at the National Theatre. “Me personally, I’m sad," said Collie, "because it is an art form, and we were like the last ones.” We've got links to stories in both the Post and the Washington Business Journal on our website at dclabor.org, where you can check out more cool photos and a video showing how the sandbags and ropes work.
Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1928, Alabama outlawed the leasing of convicts to mine coal, a practice that had been in place since 1848. In 1898, most of the state's revenue came from this source, and fully 25 percent of all Black leased convicts died.
And in 2013, nineteen firefighters died when they were overtaken by a wildfire they are battling in a forest northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. It was the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. in at least 30 years.
Today’s labor quote is by Martin Luther King, Jr., who said
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.”
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.
Here’s today's labor history:
On this date in 1928, Alabama outlawed the leasing of convicts to mine coal, a practice that had been in place since 1848. In 1898, most of the state's revenue came from this source, and fully 25 percent of all Black leased convicts died.
And in 2013, nineteen firefighters died when they were overtaken by a wildfire they are battling in a forest northwest of Phoenix, Arizona. It was the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. in at least 30 years.
Today’s labor quote is by Martin Luther King, Jr., who said
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.”
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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