If you’re in downtown DC over the next week or so, be sure to stop by the AFL-CIO to see “On Equal Terms - Tradeswomen: Forward into Our Fifth Decade,” an exhibit by artist, poet, activist and tradeswoman Susan Eisenberg.
Thirty-five years ago President Jimmy Carter issued two executive orders, part of a campaign to support equality in the workplace and open career opportunities for women. But while other historically male occupations have seen dramatic changes over the last three decades, the percentage of women in skilled trades construction jobs has remained virtually unchanged at less than 5%. On Equal Terms, a mixed media installation, combines personal witness, artifacts, and 3-D mixed media –– including a life-sized tradeswoman on a ladder wearing a diamond hardhat –– to bring viewers into the experiences of women who work in construction and skilled trades. It’s free and open during regular business hours at the AFL-CIO at 16th and I. On today’s labor calendar… Daily picketing by the BSO musicians continues today at 7:30am, 11:30 am and 4pm in Baltimore; and Fruit of Labor performs free at the Shirlington Busboys and Poets at 6 pm. For the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1934, a pioneering sit-down strike was conducted by workers at a General Tire Company factory in Akron, Ohio. The United Rubber Workers union was founded a year later. The sit-down tactic launched a wave of similar efforts in the auto and other industries over the next several years. Today’s labor quote is by American Federation of Labor president Sam Gompers, who signed an agreement with Secretary of War Newton Baker on this date in 1917 establishing a three-member board of adjustment to control wages, hours and working conditions for construction workers employed on government projects. Sam Gompers, who said: "Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about hitting a theme park with your family this summer, visit unionplus.org/entertainment to get savings at America’s favorite theme parks.
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