This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council.
Every Friday until the DC City Council holds hearings on the DCPS budget on March 29, DC educators are “wearing Red for Education,” reports the Washington Teachers Union. “They are sending the message to the entire community,” says the teacher’s union, “our students deserve the best educational opportunities possible and we must have the resources to ensure we can give them the best educational opportunities possible.” We have links on our website where you can find out if your school's funding been cut in the proposed budget, just go to dclabor.org, where you can also register to testify at the City Council hearings. On today’s labor calendar, the Fredericksburg Labor Coalition meets from 6 to 8pm tonight in Spotsylvania, Virginia; Complete details, as always, on our website at dclabor.org, click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1865, Michigan authorized formation of workers’ cooperatives. Thirteen were formed in the state over a 25-year period. Labor reform organizations were advocating "cooperation" over "competitive" capitalism following the Civil War and several thousand cooperatives opened for business across the country during this era. Participants envisioned a world free from conflict where workers would receive the full value of their labor and freely exercise democratic citizenship in the political and economic realms. Today’s labor quote is by Robert Owen, the 19th century Welsh socialist and social reformer, considered to be the father of the cooperative movement. Robert Owen, who said: “There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, — that is by the union and co-operation of all for the benefit of each.” Union City Radio is supported by Union Plus. The Union Plus Mortgage Program is union-owned and provides exclusive benefits for first time home buyers, union members and retirees. Visit unionplus.org/mortgage.
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