After eight staffers were injured during a riot at a Frederick County juvenile detention facility last weekend, AFSCME Maryland president Patrick Moran lambasted Governor Larry Hogan for his “failure to address the critical understaffing in state facilities.” Frequent fighting and assaults at the facility prompted the Maryland Attorney General’s office to recommend hiring more staff and capping the number of residents. “For years, we have warned about the dangerous impact short staffing has on our communities,” added Moran. “We fear that incidents like this will become more and more common unless Governor Hogan starts to prioritize Maryland families. Our kids deserve better. Our staff deserve better. Maryland deserves better.”
Here’s today's labor history: On this date in 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors in the workplace. Today’s labor quote is by Jackie Robinson, the first Black ballplayer hired by a major league team, who played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbetts Field on this date in 1947. Jackie Robinson, who said: “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” He also said "There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free." 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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