Hospital workers at Medstar Georgetown University held a candlelight vigil last night to try to move management past its "final" contract offer.
The workers, members of 1199SEIU, have been fighting for a "decent" raise and for some say over their working hours. On today’s labor calendar, striking bus drivers are picketing in Lorton, Virginia, and at WMATA headquarters in downtown DC. At 12:30, author Cas Mudde discusses his new book “The Far Right Today” at the AFL-CIO; and tonight the Coalition to Repeal "Right-to-Work" in Virginia meets at the Shirlington Busboys & Poets starting at 7; complete details at dclabor.org, click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1955, ending a 20-year split, the two largest labor federations in the U.S. merged to form the AFL-CIO, with a membership estimated at 15 million. Today, the 55 unions that make up the AFLCIO include more than 12.5 million working people. Today’s labor quote is by John Sweeney, then president of the AFL-CIO, who on this date in 1999 welcomed the collapse of World Trade Organization talks in Seattle, declaring "No deal is better than a bad deal." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. The best gifts are union-made, so check out the Union Plus Online Store and get 20% off union-made apparel and gear for a limited time. Visit shopunionplus.org and use code 2019COM at checkout.
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