Graduate worker unionization efforts at Georgetown made progress late last week after the university committed to recognizing the student workers’ right to unionize. Georgetown said that it’s prepared to sign a groundbreaking agreement for a third-party union election for graduate students, and that it will respect the outcome regardless of whether the NLRB reverses its ruling on the eligibility of graduate students to join a union. The grad workers have been organizing with the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers.
For the latest local labor events, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1919, the Seattle General Strike began. The city was run by a General Strike Committee for six days as tens of thousands of union members stopped work in support of 32,000 striking longshoremen. Today’s labor quote is by Rose Schneiderman, an organizer for the Women’s Trade Union League, after the 1909 Triangle Shirtwaist strike. Rose Schneiderman, who said: “a good many girls in this fight have come to know each other’s names and to know a sisterly feeling for the first time in their lives.” Union City Radio sponsor UnionPlus wants you to know that they’re committed to improving the quality of life of working families through their unique products and services. Find out more at unionplus.org! And we’re supported by listeners like you, who make all the great programming here on WPFW possible: please call now to pledge: 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739 or give online at wpfwfm.org. Thank you!
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