(audio) We were dismayed to be notified frankly through an email that a program, a grant that we had been partnering with Department of Labor on since 2016 was going to be terminated without explanation...”
That’s Mike Monroe, Chief of Staff at North America's Building Trades Unions, on the latest edition of the AFL-CIO’s “State of the Unions” podcast. NABTU is a federation of 14 North American unions in the building trades… (audio) “This has been focused on communities of color, women and veterans in particular the apprenticeship readiness and in 2007 we had about a handful of those. We have over 175 of these programs now nationwide. And again, an acknowledgement from the Department of Labor that this work has been successful. Here is $1 million grant over multi-year phase that we want to expand this work. We want to target some areas, right? So we did, and for the past three years, we moved nearly 5,000 people into apprenticeship. Under that program, 3,800 of them were from communities of color, over a thousand were women. So, we saw the success, and we were continuing the work and to get the notification that was canceled as abruptly as it was without conversation was startling…. So, it looks like they've had a change of heart. We brought that again to the light of day and maybe that's the moral of the story here. Bringing these things out and let the people decide. 'cause I don't think this is what people signed up for when we went to the voting booth.” On today’s labor calendar, locked-out Baltimore Symphony Musicians picket today from 8:30am to 10:00am at the BSO in Baltimore; and mark your calendar now for the BSO musician’s fundraiser coming up Tuesday, September 17 at the Takoma Busboys and Poets. You can RSVP and get all the latest local labor calendar listings at dclabor.org; click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1950, President Truman ordered the U.S. Army to seize all the nation's railroads to prevent a general strike. The railroads were not returned to their owners until two years later. Today’s labor quote is an African proverb, which says that “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Union members get exclusive savings on award-winning SimpliSafe with the new Union Plus Home Security Program. Protect what matters most. Visit unionplus.org/homesecurity.
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