This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council.
DCNA nurses met with Nigerian health care workers recently to share their similar experiences at work. Common labor issues in nursing included nurse-patient ratios, lack of deference from management and activist campaigns. They also discussed some of the differences in the health care systems in the United States and Nigeria including private vs. public sector, the nurse’s role vs. other health care workers, and workers’ rights laws. On today’s labor calendar, tune in at 9 this morning when I’ll be hosting Arise. Our guests will include novelist Wiley Cash on his New York Times bestseller, set during the Loray Mill Strike, and historian Paul Shackel, whose article on “How a 1897 Massacre of Pennsylvania Coal Miners Morphed From a Galvanizing Crisis to Forgotten History” was just published on Smithsonian.com. That’s 9 to 10am right here on WPFW. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1998, the bitter six-and-a-half-year UAW strike at Caterpillar ended. The strike and settlement, which included a two-tier wage system and other concessions, deeply divided the union. Today’s labor quote is by Mark Twain, a lifelong member of the International Typographical Union, which is now part of the Communications Workers of America. On this date in 1886, Twain praised the Knights of Labor as a new aristocracy in the paper entitled “The New Dynasty,” in which he said: “We need not fear this king. This king is born the enemy of them that scheme and talk and do not work…He will see to it that there is fair play, fair wages, fair working hours.” Union City Radio is supported by Union Plus. The Union Plus Mortgage Program is union-owned and provides exclusive benefits for first time home buyers, union members and retirees. Visit unionplus.org/mortgage.
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