Nearly two dozen sheet metal apprentices – members of SMART Local 100 -- graduated to journeyworkers on Saturday, October 21. "These graduates now have a lifetime of great work ahead of them, and the chance to build good union careers in the sheet metal industry," said Local 100 Training Director Norbert Klusmann.
On today's labor calendar, labor’s Get Out The Vote efforts in Virginia continue tomorrow starting at 9 a.m. at the NoVA Labor offices in Annandale; Complete details on our website, dclabor.org, click on calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1879, union organizer and anarchist Luisa Capetillo was born in Puerto Rico. She organized tobacco and other agricultural workers in Puerto Rico and later in New York and Florida. In 1916 she led a successful sugar cane strike of more than 40,000 workers on the island. She demanded that her union endorse voting rights for women. In 1919, three years before her death, she was arrested for wearing pants in public, the first woman in Puerto Rico to do so. The charges were dropped. Today’s labor quote is by Luisa Capetillo, who said: “Do not buy finery or jewels, because books are worth more than they are. Adorn your understanding with their precious ideas, because there is no luxury that dazzles like the luxury of science.” 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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