The staff of The Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press announced the formation of the Tidewater Media Guild on Tuesday, collecting authorization cards to be represented by NewsGuild-CWA.
"We are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet," the workers said on Facebook. "We are a vital part of our communities and we demand to be treated as such." Unionizing, they added, will enable them "to keep local media strong and protect our combined 275 years of reporting." On today’s labor calendar, catch this week’s “Your Rights at Work” show on WPFW 89.3FM starting at 2pm, when our guest will be RN Holly Bracher, who will report on why nurses are organizing at Johns Hopkins Hospital. For all the latest local labor news and calendar postings, check out our website at dclabor.org, where you can also subscribe free to “Union City,” our award-winning daily newsletter. In today's labor history, One of the worst disasters in the history of U.S. anthracite mining occurred on this date in 1869 at the Avondale Mine, near Scranton, Pennsylvania, when a fire originating from a furnace at the bottom of a 237-foot shaft roared up the shaft, killing 110 miners. Today’s labor quote is from singer Anne Feeney’s song, “We Just Come To Work Here.” Anne is the granddaughter of a mineworkers’ organizer; her music is designed to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Working at this job is dirty and dangerous and I’m taking risks anyway Oh if I had the time and the proper equipment I could do my job safely each day Everybody here says they’re sticklers for safety and I’m not here to say that they lie I tell ya we just come to work here we don’t come to die
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