Bargaining team members from the Coalition of Red Cross Unions last week presented proposals to American Red Cross management to improve worker and donor safety, improve worker retention, decrease workforce turnover, and improve employees’ work-life balance. “We are standing strong together to make sure that Red Cross listens to our experience and our ideas so it can become an even better place to work!” said the Coalition, composed of representatives from nine unions. The next national bargaining session is this week.
On today’s labor calendar, the DC LaborFest continues today with the “Images of Labor in the National Gallery of Art” tour at 1pm and then tonight we have two screenings of “American Socialist: Eugene Victor Debs” starting at 6 pm at both the Takoma and Shirlington Busboys and Poets; filmmaker Yale Strom will be at the Takoma screening. Also tonight, the Woman's National Democratic Club hosts a Forum on Labor and the Economy starting at 6:30; Complete details at dclabor.org, click on Calendar. Here’s today's labor history, On this date in 1920, the Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920 gave federal workers a pension. Today’s labor quote is by Eugene V. Debs, who was imprisoned in Woodstock, Illinois on this date in 1895 for his role in the Pullman strike, the nationwide railroad strike that lasted from May 11 to July 20, 1894, and was a turning point for US labor law. Gene Debs, who said, after the Pullman strike: “No strike has ever been lost.” Union City Radio is supported by UnionPlus, which provides unique products and discounts for working families. Check them out at unionplus.org!
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