Transportation Security Officers picketed at Dulles Airport last Saturday to call attention to the lack of a contract for TSOs nationwide. The TSOs are also seeking the same basic Title 5 workplace rights enjoyed by many other federal workers, including GSA pay scale, Family and Medical Leave Act and Fair Labor Standards Act. “Most passengers think we have these rights, but we don’t,” said AFGE Local 445 President Dustin Martin, who was joined by AFGE Council 100 members from as far away as Detroit and Orlando. “We have to bring this to the nation’s attention.”
Here’s today’s labor history: On this date in 1908, officers of the American Federation of Labor were found in contempt of court for urging a labor boycott of Buck's Stove and Range Company in St Louis, where the Metal Polishers were striking for a 9-hour day. In 1970, construction workers topped out the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 1,368 feet, making it the tallest building in the world. And in 2008, Walmart, the nation's largest employer, with 1.4 million "associates," agreed to settle 63 wage and hour suits across the U.S., for a grand total of between $352 million and $640 million. It was accused of failure to pay overtime, requiring off-the-clock work, and failure to provide required meal and rest breaks. Today’s labor quote is by Yoda, from the film "The Empire Strikes Back": "Do or do not. There is no try."
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