UFCW local 400 has reached a tentative agreement with Shoppers Food. "After months of negotiations, we were able to stand strong and settle on what we believe is a fair agreement," Local 400 reports.
On the labor calendar, there are a number of Labor Day events this weekend, beginning with a Labor on the Bimah service tonight and parades in Gaithersburg and Greenbelt on Monday. Complete details, as always, on our website; dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Also on Monday, Bill Fletcher and I will host a 3-hour Labor Day special starting at 9 am right here on WPFW. We’ll get updates from the front lines of working people’s struggles with guests across the country, plus a lot of terrific music. That’s "Labor's struggles, Labor's rebirth," with Bill Fletcher and me, 9am to 12 noon here on WPFW on Labor Day. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1903, 30,000 women from 26 trades marched in Chicago's Labor Day parade. Today’s labor quote is by Theresa White, a former worker at the Imperial Poultry processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. On September 3, 1991, twenty-five workers died at the plant, unable to escape a fire. Managers had locked fire doors to prevent the theft of chicken nuggets. The plant had operated for 11 years without a single safety inspection. Theresa White, who said "I worked in there for eight days once. Then I quit. Slavery time's been over. I just couldn't do it anymore." 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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