This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council.
Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools – the only unionized charter schools in DC – abruptly announced last week it was closing its middle schools and consolidating its two high schools on one campus. Chavez educators found out their schools were closing via calls from the media. “Cesar Chavez would be appalled that management at the school that proudly bears his name has treated children, their parents and their educators with such utter contempt,” said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. “A perennial problem with under-regulated charter schools is the lack of transparency, accountability and stability. Public schools could never operate in this cavalier and specious manner. Today,” Weingarten added, ”Chavez management showed just how damaging that absence of accountability can be.” Educator leaders at Chavez and the AFT have launched an investigation and are considering legal action. On today’s labor calendar, the Virginia AFL-CIO Legislative Conference is taking place in Richmond, Virginia; check our website at dclabor.org for details; click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1932, the first U.S. unemployment compensation law was enacted, in Wisconsin. Today’s labor quote is by Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, who, responding to unrest among Irish laborers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, ordered the first use of American troops to suppress a labor dispute on this date in 1834. Andrew Jackson, who said: “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus, which offers a FREE consumer credit counseling session for union members. To learn more about how to get back on track with your finances, visit unionplus.org.
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